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Eagle Cliff

Eagle Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Eagle Cliff is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 416 m. Ashokan High Point stands 939 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mohonk Preserve Monument, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
416 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.76287, -74.16181

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Rock Hill 951': 1.5 mi
  • Guyot Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Hades Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Dickie Barre: 2.6 mi
  • 855': 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Shawangunk Multiple Use Area: 2.1 mi
  • Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.7 mi
  • Huguenot Riverfront Park: 3.8 mi
  • Blueberry Fields: 3.9 mi
  • Hasbrouck Park: 4.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Museums: 42
  • Fire Department Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art: 4.3 mi
  • D & H Canal Museum and Visitor Center: 4.8 mi
  • Widow Jane Mine Museum: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 36
  • Skytop: 0.3 mi
  • Outback Slab: 1.6 mi
  • The Trapps: 1.7 mi
  • Split Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Near Trapps: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 2.5 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Sheldon Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Awosting Falls: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 22
Beaches: 19
Attractions: 10
Springs: 6
  • Bear Wallow: 13.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.0 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Box Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Eagle Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ashokan High PointNNW 330°939 m12.9 mi
Southeast Little RockyNW 322°922 m13.4 mi
Little RockyNW 321°917 m13.9 mi
Mombaccus MountainNW 323°865 m12.7 mi
HilltopE 86°862 m9.8 mi
Samson MountainNW 310°856 m16.0 mi
Little High PointNNW 331°854 m12.7 mi
Breath HillNW 321°783 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2319:5320:36
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2115:4516:30

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357557342

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