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Giant Ledge

Giant Ledge, seen from above at true elevation

Giant Ledge is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 932 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the south, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Tsuga Top, a peak 1.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
932 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.03925, -74.39467

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tsuga Top: 1.1 mi
  • Panther Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Little Slide: 1.8 mi
  • Winnisook Lake Mountain (Eastern Summit): 2.0 mi
  • Winnisook Lake Mountain (Western Summit): 2.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Otter Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 2.6 mi
  • High Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 5.1 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 5.1 mi
  • Parish Field: 5.3 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 5.7 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 48
Cliffs: 37
Museums: 26
Artworks: 14
Beaches: 10
Gardens: 10
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 21.1 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 22.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Rough Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Rail Explorers: 5.3 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 5.6 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 18.8 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 19.6 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 21.9 mi
Springs: 9
  • Table Mountain Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.6 mi
  • Piped Spring: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Giant Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainS 171°1,266 m2.8 mi
Doubletop MountainW 263°1,180 m6.9 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakW 261°1,175 m6.8 mi
Cornell MountainSE 143°1,174 m3.3 mi
Graham MountainW 270°1,174 m7.9 mi
Table MountainS 185°1,165.86 m5.6 mi
Peekamoose MountainS 182°1,164.03 m6.0 mi
Wittenberg MountainSE 131°1,152.75 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5520:38
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/700019829

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