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J. Waldo Smith Monument

J. Waldo Smith Monument from directly overhead

J. Waldo Smith Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west-northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown's Station, a park 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.

triangulation tower used during dam construction, now a monument to J. Waldo Smith, chief engineer of the Catskills Water Supply System

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.94477, -74.21241

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brown's Station: 0.5 mi
  • Tongore Park: 1.2 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 2.2 mi
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 3.8 mi
  • Osterhoudt Flats Preserve: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Winchell's Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Coward's Falls: 7.7 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 8.9 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 8.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Cliffs: 42
Museums: 34
Artworks: 24
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Shandaken Eagle: 10.9 mi
  • Gnome Chomsky: 11.0 mi
  • Opus 40: 11.8 mi
  • Flame: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 15.8 mi
  • Rough Garden: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Tongore Park Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Flint Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Esopus Meadows Beach: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 11
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 8.2 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 9.5 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 10.6 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 12.0 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 13.8 mi
Springs: 9
  • Bear Wallow: 4.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 4.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Piped Spring: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of J. Waldo Smith Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainWNW 293°1,266 m9.7 mi
Cornell MountainWNW 298°1,174 m8.4 mi
Table MountainW 276°1,165.86 m9.9 mi
Peekamoose MountainW 274°1,164.03 m9.6 mi
Wittenberg MountainWNW 302°1,152.75 m8.2 mi
Lone MountainW 281°1,127.76 m9.3 mi
Friday MountainWNW 291°1,125 m8.2 mi
DinkWNW 295°1,115.26 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:36
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1212564683

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