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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

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Coordinates41.94477, -74.21241

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
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
Historic sites: 56
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
Cliffs: 41
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: 21
  • 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: 18
  • 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: 7
  • Bear Wallow: 4.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Piped Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 15.3 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 MountainWNW1,266 m9.7 mi
Cornell MountainWNW1,174 m8.4 mi
Table MountainW1,166 m9.9 mi
Peekamoose MountainW1,164 m9.6 mi
Wittenberg MountainWNW1,153 m8.2 mi
Lone MountainW1,128 m9.3 mi
Friday MountainWNW1,125 m8.2 mi
DinkWNW1,115 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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