Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District
Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District is a ghost town in New York, at a modelled elevation of 294 m. Table Mountain stands 1,166 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Peterskill East Cliff, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway runs past it.
human settlement in New York, United States of America
How to reach it
Overlooks nearby
- Beacon Hill · 1 mi
- Compass Rock · 1 mi
- Hawkwatch · 1 mi
- High Exposure · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whale's Head: 0.7 mi
- Dickie Barre: 1.0 mi
- Hades Hill: 1.4 mi
- 855': 1.6 mi
- Millbrook Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Shawangunk Multiple Use Area: 1.7 mi
- Rochester Town Park: 3.8 mi
- Majestic Park: 4.8 mi
- Galeville Park: 6.4 mi
- Blueberry Fields: 6.5 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 4.5 mi
- Large Hybrid, 1971: 6.8 mi
- Sojourner Truth Statue: 13.5 mi
- Dutchess County Map: 14.4 mi
- Mitchell Gate: 14.5 mi
- Bridge Abutments: 1.8 mi
- Former Home Sites: 1.9 mi
- Chimney: 3.3 mi
- Mohonk Preserve Monument: 3.4 mi
- Albert K. Smiley Memorial Tower: 3.7 mi
- Fire Department Museum: 4.8 mi
- Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 4.9 mi
- Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art: 6.8 mi
- Napanoch Station: 7.8 mi
- D & H Canal Museum and Visitor Center: 7.9 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 1.7 mi
- Millbrook Cliff Conservancy: 2.1 mi
- Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge: 6.6 mi
- Witch's Hole State Forest: 7.1 mi
- Open Space Institute lands: 8.0 mi
- Peterskill East Cliff: 0.4 mi
- Oops Block: 0.4 mi
- Blocky Wall: 0.5 mi
- Breaker Wall: 0.5 mi
- Breakfast Wall: 0.5 mi
- Saw Mill Falls: 0.8 mi
- Peter's Kill Falls: 0.9 mi
- Sheldon Falls: 0.9 mi
- Awosting Falls: 1.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.5 mi
- Swimming Hole: 1.3 mi
- Ulster County Fair: 4.9 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 5.9 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 6.7 mi
- Huguenot Street Historic District: 6.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 1.4 mi
- SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 6.5 mi
- Buddah Garden: 11.5 mi
- The Teaching Garden: 14.4 mi
- Roosevelt Home Garden: 14.6 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 1.1 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 1.3 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 4.3 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 10.4 mi
- Berean Park Beach: 12.2 mi
- Bear Wallow: 13.8 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 14.1 mi
- Box Spring: 14.8 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 18.7 mi
- Piped Spring: 19.3 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,166 m | 18.4 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,164 m | 17.9 mi |
| Balsam Cap | NNW 336° | 1,100 m | 18.4 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,063 m | 18.4 mi |
| Ashokan High Point | NNW 344° | 939 m | 13.8 mi |
| Southeast Little Rocky | NNW 336° | 922 m | 13.7 mi |
| Little Rocky | NNW 335° | 917 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mombaccus Mountain | NNW 338° | 865 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:54 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 26 mi
- Highlands · 29 mi
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