Burroughs Monument
Burroughs Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 647 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the south-southeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- JOHN BURROUGHS FOREST - Memorial to the beloved naturalist, author, American of Slabsides and the World, reforested by his neighbors and the boys of the Raymond Riordon School, and to be given their perpetual, joyous care under the direction of...
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 28 mi
- Panther Rock · 29 mi
- Copes Lookout · 29 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rose Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Monka Hill: 2.7 mi
- South Sherrill: 2.7 mi
- Halcott Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Belle Ayr Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Indian Grove Unit: 2.2 mi
- Shandaken Unit: 2.8 mi
- Fox Hollow Unit: 3.3 mi
- Halcott Mountain Wild Forest: 4.2 mi
- Halcott Center North Unit: 4.2 mi
- Otter Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cornell Falls: 9.6 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 9.7 mi
- High Falls: 11.6 mi
- Stratton Falls: 11.9 mi
- Smith Park: 1.9 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 2.4 mi
- Big Indian Park: 2.4 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 5.0 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 7.4 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 2.1 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 8.0 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 8.8 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 9.6 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 10.0 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 7.8 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 12.2 mi
- Pratt Museum: 12.2 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 12.5 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 15.3 mi
- Giant Ledge: 7.2 mi
- Cornell Crack: 10.3 mi
- Samuels Point: 11.9 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 12.1 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 12.1 mi
- Winnisook: 2.4 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 7.4 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 11.5 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 13.4 mi
- The Great Knot: 20.9 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 10.9 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 12.2 mi
- Piped Spring: 13.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 16.2 mi
- Bear Wallow: 16.6 mi
- Rail Explorers: 7.8 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 9.9 mi
- Pratt Rock: 11.9 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 23.1 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 23.2 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 1.9 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 23.8 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Burroughs Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,266 m | 10.0 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,186 m | 8.0 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | SSW 211° | 1,180 m | 8.8 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | SSW 209° | 1,175 m | 9.0 mi |
| Graham Mountain | SW 219° | 1,174 m | 8.8 mi |
| Balsam Lake Mountain | SW 231° | 1,136 m | 10.1 mi |
| Panther Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,135 m | 6.1 mi |
| Big Indian Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,127 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:44 | 16:30 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2940639485
Take the scenic way to Burroughs Monument.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.