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Castle Point

Castle Point, seen from above at true elevation

Castle Point is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 664 m. Table Mountain stands 1,166 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Battlement Terrace, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
664 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.70272, -74.27363

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Murray Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Millbrook Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • High Point: 3.6 mi
  • Whale's Head: 4.2 mi
  • Dickie Barre: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
  • House & Generator Shack Ruins: 1.3 mi
  • Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 1.4 mi
  • Gatehouse Site: 1.7 mi
  • Bear: 2.5 mi
  • Bridge Abutments: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Shawangunk Multiple Use Area: 5.3 mi
  • Berme Road Park: 5.6 mi
  • Galeville Park: 5.6 mi
  • Lippman Park: 5.9 mi
  • Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 6.0 mi
Artworks: 59
Museums: 43
  • Napanoch Station: 5.4 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Pine Bush UFO Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Fire Department Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 35
Attractions: 30
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 4.8 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 5.0 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 8.0 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 9.3 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 29
Gardens: 23
Beaches: 15
Springs: 7
  • Box Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.5 mi
  • Piped Spring: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Castle Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainNNW 339°1,165.86 m18.9 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW 340°1,164.03 m18.5 mi
Lone MountainNNW 342°1,127.76 m19.4 mi
Balsam CapNNW 347°1,099.72 m19.4 mi
Rocky MountainNNW 345°1,062.84 m19.3 mi
Van Wyck MountainNNW 334°976 m19.2 mi
Ashokan High PointN 357°939 m15.4 mi
Woodhull MountainNNW 330°931 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2319:5420:36
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2215:4616:30

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357552606

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