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Trap Cliff

Trap Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Trap Cliff is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Kaaterskill High Peak stands 1,113 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Formal Gardens, a garden 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
15 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.00954, -73.92347

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Annandale Triangle: 0.8 mi
  • Ulster Landing Park: 1.2 mi
  • Red Hook Recreation Park: 2.3 mi
  • Glasco Mini-Park: 2.3 mi
  • Abrams Park: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites: 60
  • Shell Midden: 2.4 mi
  • Butler Rockshelter: 2.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Rondout Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
  • Veterans' Monument: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 59
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 3.2 mi
Museums: 37
Cliffs: 31
  • Ministers Face: 9.6 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 10.7 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 10.7 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 11.8 mi
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Wishbone: 0.8 mi
  • America: 1.0 mi
  • Stargon: 1.7 mi
  • Parliament of Reality: 1.7 mi
  • Love is in the Air: 4.9 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Formal Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Ellipse: 0.4 mi
  • Rough Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 0.9 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 1.1 mi
  • South Landing: 2.4 mi
  • West Landing: 2.4 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Hudson River Cruises: 7.0 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 11.2 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 16.4 mi
  • wings castle: 17.1 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 18.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Devil's Acre spring: 19.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 19.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 19.6 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Trap Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kaaterskill High PeakNW 323°1,113.13 m13.3 mi
Twin MountainNW 307°1,112.52 m13.2 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNW 306°1,085 m12.8 mi
Indian Head MountainNW 307°1,083 m12.3 mi
Overlook MountainWNW 301°956 m10.2 mi
Plattekill MountainNW 309°942 m10.8 mi
South TwinWNW 301°880.8 m12.7 mi
Mount GuardianWNW 291°640 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2119:5320:36
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357593320

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