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Gertrudes Nose

Gertrudes Nose, seen from above at true elevation

Gertrudes Nose is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 518 m. Peekamoose Mountain stands 1,164 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is House & Generator Shack Ruins, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
518 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.69454, -74.24820

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • House & Generator Shack Ruins: 1.1 mi
  • Gatehouse Site: 1.4 mi
  • Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 2.9 mi
  • Bridge Abutments: 3.1 mi
  • Former Home Sites: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Millbrook Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Murray Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Whale's Head: 3.9 mi
  • Hades Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Dickie Barre: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Galeville Park: 4.4 mi
  • Shawangunk Multiple Use Area: 4.5 mi
  • Majestic Park: 4.9 mi
  • Crawford Town Park: 6.1 mi
  • Rochester Town Park: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 60
Museums: 44
  • Pine Bush UFO Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Fire Department Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Napanoch Station: 6.8 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 36
Attractions: 30
  • Swimming Hole: 4.4 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 6.2 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 6.9 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 9.1 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Rainbow Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Awosting Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Sheldon Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 24
Beaches: 15
Springs: 7
  • Box Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 16.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 16.1 mi
  • Piped Spring: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Gertrudes Nose. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peekamoose MountainNNW 337°1,164.03 m19.5 mi
Ashokan High PointN 353°939 m16.0 mi
Southeast Little RockyNNW 346°922 m15.7 mi
Little RockyNNW 344°917 m16.1 mi
Mombaccus MountainNNW 348°865 m15.2 mi
HilltopENE 69°862 m15.2 mi
Samson MountainNNW 332°856 m16.9 mi
Little High PointN 354°854 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2319:5420:36
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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357607448

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