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Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District

Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District from directly overhead

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

Coordinates41.73333, -74.21417

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Bridge Abutments: 1.8 mi
  • Former Home Sites: 1.9 mi
  • Bridge Abutments: 2.0 mi
  • Chimney: 3.3 mi
  • Mohonk Preserve Monument: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Museums: 42
  • 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
Cliffs: 36
  • 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
Waterfalls: 34
  • 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
Attractions: 28
Gardens: 26
Beaches: 16
Springs: 7
  • Bear Wallow: 13.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Box Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainNNW 328°1,165.86 m18.4 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW 328°1,164.03 m17.9 mi
Balsam CapNNW 336°1,099.72 m18.4 mi
Ashokan High PointNNW 344°939 m13.8 mi
Southeast Little RockyNNW 336°922 m13.7 mi
Little RockyNNW 335°917 m14.2 mi
Mombaccus MountainNNW 338°865 m13.2 mi
HilltopENE 78°862 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2319:5420:36
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2115:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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