Notch Lake Picnic Area
Notch Lake Picnic Area is a picnic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 605 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the northwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Devils Tombstone, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Devil's Tombstone Campground
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Falls · 23 mi
- White Dot · 24 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 27 mi
- Copes Lookout · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stony Clove Unit: 1.6 mi
- Railroad Bend Unit: 2.5 mi
- Mink Hollow Primitive Bicycle Corridor: 3.0 mi
- Diamond Notch Primitive Bicycle Corridor: 3.0 mi
- Platte Clove Road Unit: 3.2 mi
- Hunter Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Spruce Top: 1.9 mi
- Southwest Hunter Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Plateau Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Silver Hollow Notch Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 4.2 mi
- Mountain Top Arboretum: 5.6 mi
- Parish Field: 7.6 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 7.8 mi
- Bearsville Park: 8.7 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 3.0 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 6.3 mi
- Plattekill Falls: 6.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 6.4 mi
- Santa Cruz Falls: 6.4 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 0.3 mi
- Tory Fort: 5.9 mi
- Boarding House: 6.3 mi
- Layman's Monument: 7.2 mi
- stone house: 7.8 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 3.8 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 7.7 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 9.3 mi
- Kiersted House: 14.2 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 3.1 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 8.0 mi
- The Great Knot: 10.4 mi
- Opus 40: 11.5 mi
- The Query Family: 11.6 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 0.3 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 6.3 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 6.5 mi
- The "Great" Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 7.6 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 14.0 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 14.3 mi
- West Landing: 16.2 mi
- South Landing: 16.2 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 17.1 mi
- The Walled Garden: 15.5 mi
- The Upper Garden: 15.5 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 17.5 mi
- Rough Garden: 17.7 mi
- Ellipse: 17.8 mi
- Rail Explorers: 7.7 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 8.8 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 11.4 mi
- Pratt Rock: 15.3 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 20.2 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 1.5 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 10.1 mi
- Bear Wallow: 16.7 mi
- Bear Wallow: 16.8 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 17.3 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Notch Lake Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | NW 312° | 1,228.34 m | 1.9 mi |
| Black Dome | NNE 28° | 1,217.37 m | 8.7 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,204.87 m | 8.4 mi |
| Blackhead | NE 34° | 1,200.91 m | 9.0 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | W 277° | 1,186 m | 4.5 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | SE 135° | 1,168.91 m | 2.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 126° | 1,160 m | 3.4 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | W 275° | 1,140 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:43 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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