Indian Rock
Indian Rock is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Hilltop stands 862 m to the south-southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Private Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 7 mi
- High Falls · 9 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 11 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Creek Waterway Access: 1.1 mi
- Shaupeneak Ridge: 1.6 mi
- Mills Memorial State Park: 2.0 mi
- Esopus Meadows Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: 2.4 mi
- Shaupeneak Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hogback Hill: 2.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.9 mi
- Lloyd Hill: 3.6 mi
- Leroy Mountain: 4.1 mi
- John Burroughs: 2.3 mi
- Black Creek State Forest: 3.2 mi
- High Banks Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.5 mi
- Scenic Hudson: 3.9 mi
- Fountain: 5.0 mi
- M. E. Church: 5.4 mi
- Rondout Lighthouse: 6.1 mi
- Veterans' Monument: 6.2 mi
- Patriot Burials: 6.4 mi
- High Falls Waterfall: 9.1 mi
- Coward's Falls: 9.3 mi
- Mossy Brook Waterfall: 9.9 mi
- LG waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 13.0 mi
- Bard Rock: 2.0 mi
- Gnome Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Kaal Rock: 8.9 mi
- Outback Slab: 10.6 mi
- Skytop: 11.4 mi
- Klyne Esopus Museum: 1.6 mi
- Franklin D Roosevelt Presedential Library and Museum: 4.6 mi
- Hudson River Maritime Museum: 6.1 mi
- Riverport Wooden Boat School: 6.1 mi
- Trolley Museum of New York: 6.2 mi
- Vanderbilt Gardens: 2.8 mi
- The Wild Garden: 4.5 mi
- Roosevelt Home Garden: 4.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.6 mi
- The Teaching Garden: 6.0 mi
- Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 4.6 mi
- Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 4.6 mi
- Winston Chruchill: 4.6 mi
- Mitchell Gate: 6.0 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 7.8 mi
- Private Beach: 0.0 mi
- North Landing Beach: 0.6 mi
- West Cove Beach: 0.7 mi
- East Cove Beach: 0.7 mi
- Private Beach: 0.7 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 1.6 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 6.0 mi
- Huguenot Street Historic District: 8.7 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 8.7 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 11.0 mi
- Bear Wallow: 18.2 mi
- Bear Wallow: 18.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 19.4 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 16.6 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Indian Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | SSW 191° | 862 m | 4.3 mi |
| Ohayo Mountain | NW 321° | 423 m | 15.9 mi |
| Dickie Barre | WSW 245° | 419 m | 14.3 mi |
| Whale's Head | WSW 245° | 415 m | 14.6 mi |
| Guyot Hill | WSW 249° | 383 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bonticou Crag | WSW 250° | 350 m | 8.9 mi |
| Illinois Mountain | SSW 194° | 343 m | 8.0 mi |
| Marlboro Mountain | SSW 195° | 340 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:53 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357566171
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 29 mi
- Putnam County · 30 mi
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