North Side Unit

North Side Unit: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit North Side Unit

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach North Side Unit — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.87315, -74.46394. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near North Side Unit

• Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Sullivan · ~4 km · Must-see
• Rondout Reservoir · lake · Sullivan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Samson Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~8 km · Must-see
• Denman Mountain · viewpoint · Sullivan · ~9 km · Must-see
• Red Hill · viewpoint · Ulster · ~9 km · Must-see
• Woodhull Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~10 km · Must-see
• Van Wyck Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~11 km · Must-see
• Big Rosy Bone Knob · viewpoint · Ulster · ~13 km · Must-see
• Steiny Hill · viewpoint · Ulster · ~13 km · Must-see
• Peekamoose Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~13 km · Must-see
• Table Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~13 km · Must-see
• Breath Hill · viewpoint · Ulster · ~14 km · Must-see
• Wildcat Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~15 km · Must-see
• Little Rocky · viewpoint · Ulster · ~15 km · Must-see
• Lone Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~15 km · Must-see
• Mombaccus Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~17 km · Must-see
• Rocky Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~17 km · Must-see
• Blue Hill · viewpoint · Sullivan · ~17 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of North Side Unit

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near North Side Unit

• Slide Mountain Wilderness · sanctuary · Ulster · ~22 km · Must-see
• Minnewaska State Park Preserve · sanctuary · Ulster · ~29 km · Must-see
• Bear Hill Preserve (Cragsmoor Free Library) · sanctuary · Ulster · ~29 km · Must-see
• Beech Mountain Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Sullivan · ~29 km · Must-see
• Mohonk Preserve · sanctuary · Ulster · ~35 km · Must-see
• Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Ulster · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mount Guardian Preserve · sanctuary · Ulster · ~44 km · Must-see
• Stony Clove Unit · sanctuary · Greene · ~45 km · Must-see
• Balsam Mountain Unit · sanctuary · Greene · ~46 km · Must-see
• Senate House State Historic Site · sanctuary · Ulster · ~47 km · Must-see

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