Stony Kill Falls
Stony Kill Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 399 m. Table Mountain stands 1,166 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fly Brook Bridge Abutment, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Stony Kill Falls is the site of one of many access points to the Delaware Aqueduct. It is located in the town of Wawarsing, on the northwestern edge of the Minnewaska Preserve on land acquired in 2001 by the State of New York, The Open Space Institute and the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference from Napanoch Sand and Gravel Company that once owned the land. Long a little known back entrance into the Minnewaska Preserve, utilized by curiosity seekers and more experienced mountaineers, as a more convenient access point to Stony Kill Falls. The area only provides access to Stony Kill Falls, no other trails are allowed to be accessed from this area. Parking is not permitted on town roads.
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How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 2 mi
- Beacon Hill · 4 mi
- Compass Rock · 5 mi
- Hawkwatch · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 1.1 mi
- Bear: 1.3 mi
- High Point Fire Tower Site: 2.6 mi
- Bridge Abutments: 2.7 mi
- Former Home Sites: 3.0 mi
- Murray Hill: 2.1 mi
- High Point: 2.7 mi
- Millbrook Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Mount Don Bosco: 4.3 mi
- Mount Meenahga: 4.6 mi
- Witch's Hole State Forest: 2.5 mi
- Millbrook Cliff Conservancy: 4.3 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 4.4 mi
- Open Space Institute lands: 4.9 mi
- OSI: 5.2 mi
- Lippman Park: 3.7 mi
- Berme Road Park: 4.2 mi
- Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Mill Street Park: 4.6 mi
- Liberty Square: 4.8 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 4.8 mi
- Large Hybrid, 1971: 11.3 mi
- Sojourner Truth Statue: 17.9 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 18.6 mi
- Dutchess County Map: 18.8 mi
- Napanoch Station: 3.4 mi
- Borscht Belt Museum: 4.8 mi
- Pine Bush UFO Museum: 8.1 mi
- Fire Department Museum: 9.3 mi
- Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 9.3 mi
- Litchfield Ledge: 1.7 mi
- Battlement Terrace: 2.1 mi
- Margaret Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Castle Point: 2.2 mi
- Hamilton Point: 2.5 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 3.1 mi
- Swimming Hole: 5.6 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 9.0 mi
- Ulster County Fair: 9.4 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 11.2 mi
- Little Stony Kill Falls: 1.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.6 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 2.0 mi
- Witches Hole Waterfall: 2.2 mi
- Verkeerderkill Falls: 3.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.9 mi
- Buddah Garden: 7.9 mi
- SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 11.0 mi
- The Teaching Garden: 18.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 19.1 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 1.7 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 3.3 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 3.4 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 13.1 mi
- Wanaksink Lake Beach: 15.9 mi
- Box Spring: 11.0 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 13.5 mi
- Bear Wallow: 13.7 mi
- Bear Wallow: 13.7 mi
- Piped Spring: 16.5 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Stony Kill Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,165.86 m | 16.8 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,164.03 m | 16.4 mi |
| Lone Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,127.76 m | 17.3 mi |
| Friday Mountain | N 350° | 1,125 m | 18.2 mi |
| Dink | N 350° | 1,115.26 m | 18.9 mi |
| Balsam Cap | N 351° | 1,099.72 m | 17.5 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,062.84 m | 17.3 mi |
| Van Wyck Mountain | NNW 336° | 976 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:54 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,291 | 1,402 | 2,296 | 1,903 | 1,181 | 791 | 497 | 485 | 579 | 649 | 1,003 | 1,320 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wallkill River AT Gardiner NY, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2855563326
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 28 mi
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