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Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area

Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area from directly overhead

Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 220 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pleasant Unit, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
The deep ravines, irregular ridges and rocky slopes of the Catskill Mountains long remained wild and desolate. Small settlements began in mountain valleys before the American Revolution. After the war, population grew steadily as New Englanders...
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Coordinates42.05296, -74.29150

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 2.1 mi
  • Parish Field: 2.4 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 2.4 mi
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 5.9 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Otter Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Diamond Notch Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.9 mi
Historic sites: 50
Cliffs: 39
Museums: 32
Beaches: 18
  • Belleayre Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 18.1 mi
  • West Landing: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 13
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 19.3 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 0.3 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 2.1 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 17.8 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 18.4 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 19.0 mi
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.4 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 8.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 8.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainSW 233°1,266 m6.1 mi
Hunter MountainNNE 20°1,228.34 m9.2 mi
West Kill MountainN 1°1,186 m7.9 mi
Cornell MountainSW 223°1,174 m4.9 mi
Plateau MountainNE 46°1,168.91 m8.4 mi
Table MountainSW 222°1,165.86 m8.7 mi
Peekamoose MountainSW 219°1,164.03 m8.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNE 53°1,160 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7507629308

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