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Witch's Hole State Forest

Witch's Hole State Forest from directly overhead

Witch's Hole State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Witches Hole Waterfall, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72457, -74.35079

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • High Point Fire Tower Site: 1.2 mi
  • Bear: 1.7 mi
  • Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 2.8 mi
  • Berrypicker Shack: 3.4 mi
  • Heroes’ Monument: 4.9 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Berme Road Park: 1.7 mi
  • Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 1.9 mi
  • Mill Street Park: 2.1 mi
  • Liberty Square: 2.3 mi
  • Mildred & Louis Resnick Park: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 41
  • Napanoch Station: 1.3 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Pine Bush UFO Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Fire Department Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 36
Attractions: 31
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 0.6 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 8.1 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 11.2 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 11.9 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 29
Gardens: 23
Beaches: 15
Artworks: 11
Springs: 7
  • Box Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.3 mi
  • Piped Spring: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Witch's Hole State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainN 355°1,266 m19.1 mi
Cornell MountainN 359°1,174 m19.1 mi
Table MountainN 350°1,165.86 m16.4 mi
Peekamoose MountainN 351°1,164.03 m16.0 mi
Lone MountainN 353°1,127.76 m17.0 mi
Friday MountainN 358°1,125 m18.2 mi
DinkN 358°1,115.26 m18.8 mi
Balsam CapN 359°1,099.72 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2419:5420:36
September equinox06:4518:2018:57
December solstice07:2215:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937496069737164534232
Precip in3.83.24.34.04.04.84.74.85.25.23.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429187268

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