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FOSL

FOSL from directly overhead

FOSL is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 417 m. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Stissing Mountain, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

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FOSL

How to reach it

Coordinates41.96402, -73.68799

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 55
Historic sites: 50
Museums: 37
Gardens: 22
  • Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 9.8 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 12.3 mi
  • Ellipse: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Diving Lady: 11.6 mi
  • Parliament of Reality: 11.9 mi
  • America: 12.0 mi
  • Stargon: 12.1 mi
  • Wishbone: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 18
  • East Beach: 8.8 mi
  • West Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 13.5 mi
  • South Landing: 13.5 mi
  • West Landing: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
Attractions: 10
  • wings castle: 8.5 mi
  • Town Hill Farm: 13.3 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 15.0 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 15.4 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 16.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of FOSL. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FrissellENE 60°747 m12.2 mi
Brace MountainENE 61°706 m11.5 mi
South Brace MountainENE 63°702 m11.4 mi
Round MountainENE 62°695 m12.4 mi
Alander MountainNE 48°680 m12.7 mi
Gridley MountainENE 65°668 m12.5 mi
Bald PeakENE 74°588 m11.9 mi
Mount RigaE 79°534 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2019:5220:34
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2015:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1358884490

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