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Kiersted House

Kiersted House from directly overhead

Kiersted House is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Plateau Mountain stands 1,169 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Donlon Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

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Coordinates42.07930, -73.94946

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Donlon Park: 0.2 mi
  • Seamon Park: 0.4 mi
  • Seamon Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cantine Memorial Field: 0.5 mi
  • Cantine Complex: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Marion: 2.6 mi
  • Mount Airy: 2.9 mi
  • Cross Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Roundtop: 3.5 mi
  • Little Roundtop: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 51
  • Cantine Dam Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 48
Museums: 32
Artworks: 21
Cliffs: 19
  • Trap Cliff: 5.0 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 6.6 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 6.8 mi
  • Ministers Face: 6.9 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Saugerties Beach: 0.6 mi
  • West Landing: 2.6 mi
  • South Landing: 2.7 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 18
  • The Walled Garden: 1.7 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 4.4 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Hudson River Cruises: 11.3 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 11.4 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 15.8 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 17.4 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 18.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Devil's Acre spring: 15.6 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 19.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 20.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 20.4 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Kiersted House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Plateau MountainWNW 289°1,168.91 m12.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 289°1,160 m10.9 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNW 311°1,113.13 m8.8 mi
Twin MountainWNW 289°1,112.52 m9.7 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitWNW 287°1,085 m9.4 mi
Indian Head MountainWNW 287°1,083 m8.8 mi
Roundtop MountainNW 310°1,056.13 m9.7 mi
Olderbark MountainW 281°1,048 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2119:5320:36
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/232815824

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