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Keegan Bell

Keegan Bell from directly overhead

Keegan Bell is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Andy Lee Field, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
To honor the memory of their parents, the children of Peter and Anna Clare Keegan presented this bell to the Saint Joan of Arc Chapel in 1929. Originally placed atop St. Joan's - now the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center - the Keegan Bell once rang out...
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Coordinates42.04502, -74.11800

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Andy Lee Field: 0.0 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 0.4 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 0.7 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 1.6 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
Historic sites: 53
Museums: 38
Cliffs: 36
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 2.4 mi
  • Ministers Face: 3.1 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 5.7 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 6.2 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 24
Beaches: 21
  • Saugerties Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 9.3 mi
  • West Landing: 9.8 mi
  • South Landing: 9.8 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Rough Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 10.5 mi
  • Ellipse: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 11
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 8.7 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 10.0 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 11.2 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 14.5 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 15.3 mi
Springs: 8
  • Devil's Acre spring: 10.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.0 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Keegan Bell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNW 328°1,228.34 m10.8 mi
Plateau MountainNNW 336°1,168.91 m7.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 345°1,160 m6.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainWSW 258°1,152.75 m12.0 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNW 322°1,140 m10.4 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNNE 13°1,113.13 m8.3 mi
Twin MountainN 354°1,112.52 m5.6 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitN 356°1,085 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:36
September equinox06:4418:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4316:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8044539849

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