Otis Railroad Trestle
Otis Railroad Trestle is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 436 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Catskill Mountain House, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Mountain: 1.2 mi
- North Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Stoppel Point: 2.9 mi
- Kaaterskill High Peak: 3.5 mi
- Roundtop Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Twilight Park Unit: 4.2 mi
- Roundtop Mountain Unit: 4.8 mi
- Catskill Forest Preserve Detatched Parcel: 4.9 mi
- Platte Clove Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Great Vly Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 5.5 mi
- Mountain Top Arboretum: 5.6 mi
- Angelo Canna Town Park: 7.3 mi
- Ernest R. Lasher Jr. Memorial Park: 7.6 mi
- Cheviot Park: 7.8 mi
- Ashley Falls: 1.1 mi
- Kaaterskill Falls: 1.9 mi
- Fawn's Leap: 2.0 mi
- Bastion Falls: 2.2 mi
- Lower Buttermilk Falls: 2.3 mi
- Catskill Mountain House: 0.4 mi
- cistern: 1.3 mi
- stone house: 1.6 mi
- Layman's Monument: 2.2 mi
- Tory Fort: 3.7 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Thomas Cole National Historic Site: 8.7 mi
- Kiersted House: 8.9 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 9.9 mi
- Olana: 10.2 mi
- The Great Knot: 8.8 mi
- Pulelehua: 9.0 mi
- Love is in the Air: 9.0 mi
- The Query Family: 9.9 mi
- Opus 40: 9.9 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 9.4 mi
- West Landing: 11.5 mi
- South Landing: 11.6 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 13.3 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 13.8 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 3.6 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 5.1 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 5.2 mi
- The "Great" Cliffs: 5.6 mi
- Ministers Face: 8.3 mi
- The Upper Garden: 9.3 mi
- The Walled Garden: 9.3 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 13.2 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 13.4 mi
- Bard Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 3.2 mi
- Rail Explorers: 16.4 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 16.7 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 19.2 mi
- Pratt Rock: 21.8 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 10.6 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 10.7 mi
- Bear Wallow: 22.9 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 23.8 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Otis Railroad Trestle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | W 264° | 1,228 m | 10.5 mi |
| Black Dome | NW 317° | 1,217 m | 7.2 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | NW 313° | 1,205 m | 7.7 mi |
| Blackhead | NW 322° | 1,201 m | 6.4 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,169 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 235° | 1,160 m | 7.7 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | WSW 259° | 1,140 m | 11.3 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | W 272° | 1,123 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11729138098
Day trips start here
- Kinderhook · 23 mi
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