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Windfall Road Unit

Windfall Road Unit from directly overhead

Windfall Road Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 563 m. Prospect Hill stands 783 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bullock Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20380, -75.24209

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 42
Attractions: 6
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 3
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 13.0 mi
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 2
  • statue of liberty replica: 19.5 mi
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Russell Brook Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Jensen Cascade: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • East Branch Rest Area: 15.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Windfall Road Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillESE 102°783 m14.0 mi
Starkweather HillESE 118°776 m11.1 mi
Brace HillESE 116°752 m13.1 mi
Houck MountainSE 142°748 m8.1 mi
Bear Spring MountainESE 123°746 m7.4 mi
Fork MountainSE 129°741 m11.3 mi
South MountainSE 131°740 m6.8 mi
Colchester MountainESE 112°733 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2619:5920:41
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2715:4716:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435462676659483728
Precip in3.52.63.54.24.25.04.55.14.64.73.73.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walton 2, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424230418

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