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Otis Railroad Trestle

Otis Railroad Trestle from directly overhead

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

Coordinates42.19456, -74.02674

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • 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
Waterfalls: 54
Historic sites: 52
  • 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
Museums: 34
Artworks: 19
Beaches: 15
  • 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
Cliffs: 13
  • 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
Gardens: 12
  • 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
Attractions: 6
  • 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
Springs: 5
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 10.6 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 10.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 22.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 22.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainW 264°1,228.34 m10.5 mi
Black DomeNW 317°1,217.37 m7.2 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNW 313°1,204.87 m7.7 mi
BlackheadNW 322°1,200.91 m6.4 mi
Plateau MountainWSW 243°1,168.91 m8.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 235°1,160 m7.7 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWSW 259°1,140 m11.3 mi
Rusk MountainW 272°1,123.493 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2215:4216:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11729138098

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