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Cat Hollow State Forest

Cat Hollow State Forest from directly overhead

Cat Hollow State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 478 m. Mount Ararat stands 803 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitaker Swamp State Forest, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 8.5 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00908, -75.42527

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Maple Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Tarbell Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Hawks Nest: 4.5 mi
  • Round Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Slocum Hill: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves: 58
Parks: 44
  • Kamp's Mohawk Field: 3.2 mi
  • Firemen's Park: 3.4 mi
  • Willis Smith Riverside Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Warner Field: 4.2 mi
  • Hancock Town Square: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 10
Museums: 3
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 8.2 mi
  • Bainbridge Museum: 19.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spencer Spring: 11.2 mi
  • The Salt Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Salt Springs: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 11.7 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 20.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 13.4 mi
  • I Love NY Sculpture: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Jensen Cascade: 16.3 mi
  • Russell Brook Falls: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Cat Hollow State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AraratS 186°803 m15.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainS 187°771 m13.0 mi
Houck MountainENE 64°748 m16.0 mi
Bear Spring MountainENE 59°746 m18.2 mi
South MountainENE 58°740 m17.1 mi
Rock Rift MountainENE 71°730 m13.8 mi
Crane HillNE 53°708 m15.0 mi
Tower MountainNE 56°707 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2719:5920:42
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2715:4916:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475866716962513930
Precip in3.12.53.64.04.44.24.54.24.74.33.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deposit, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429081727

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