Nature reserve · New York

Stissing Mountain

Stissing Mountain from directly overhead

Stissing Mountain is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 373 m. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Nature Conservancy

Getting there

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Coordinates41.94903, -73.68847

21.0 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

White Dot · 22 mi
High Falls · 24 mi
Pinnacle Rock · 27 mi
Sentinel Rock · 27 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Stissing Mountain: 0.6 mi
Little Stissing Mountain: 1.9 mi
Hicks Hill: 2.0 mi
Conklin Hill: 2.0 mi
Dolphin Hill: 2.1 mi

Nature reserves

Stissing Mountain: 1.0 mi
FOSL: 1.0 mi
FOSL: 1.4 mi
Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
Stonehouse Wood Sanctuary: 8.0 mi

Parks

Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area: 1.2 mi
Stissing Lake Park: 2.0 mi
Wilcox Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
Roeliff Jansenkill Multiple Use Area: 4.8 mi
Stanford Recreation Park: 5.4 mi

Waterfalls50

Riga Falls: 12.6 mi
Sages Ravine Falls: 14.4 mi
Sages Ravine Falls: 14.5 mi
Bear Rock Falls: 15.1 mi
Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 15.2 mi

Historic sites47

Moravian Christian Mission Monument: 2.1 mi
War Memorial: 2.7 mi
Patriot Burials: 9.9 mi
Folly: 10.4 mi
Lime Kiln: 10.7 mi

Museums38

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum: 9.2 mi
The Story Studio: 10.1 mi
Gay-Holt House Museum: 12.0 mi
Center For Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art: 12.6 mi
Holley Williams House Museum: 12.7 mi

Artworks23

Parliament of Reality: 12.3 mi
America: 12.4 mi
Stargon: 12.5 mi
Diving Lady: 12.6 mi
Wishbone: 12.6 mi

Gardens22

Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 10.1 mi
The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 12.4 mi
Bard Community Garden: 12.4 mi
Formal Gardens: 12.6 mi
Ellipse: 12.6 mi

Beaches18

East Beach: 9.8 mi
West Beach: 9.9 mi
Ulster Landing Beach: 13.7 mi
South Landing: 13.9 mi
West Landing: 14.0 mi

Cliffs13

Trap Cliff: 12.8 mi
Indian Rock: 15.9 mi
Bard Rock: 16.5 mi
Grand Staircase: 18.5 mi
Pine Ledge: 19.0 mi

Attractions12

wings castle: 7.5 mi
Town Hill Farm: 13.2 mi
Giant's Thumb: 15.2 mi
Hudson River Cruises: 15.2 mi
Dover Stone Church: 15.4 mi

Lighthouses1

Saugerties Lighthouse: 15.0 mi

Picnic sites1

Guilder Pond Picnic area: 17.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Dudley Town: 19.9 mi

Covered bridges1

Bulls Bridge Road: 21.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Stissing Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Frissell	ENE 56°	747 m	12.7 mi
Brace Mountain	ENE 57°	706 m	12.0 mi
South Brace Mountain	ENE 58°	702 m	11.9 mi
Round Mountain	ENE 58°	695 m	12.9 mi
Gridley Mountain	ENE 61°	668 m	13.0 mi
Bald Peak	ENE 69°	588 m	12.2 mi
Mount Riga	ENE 74°	534 m	11.7 mi
Lion's Head	ENE 72°	531 m	13.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:59	18:30	19:07
June solstice	05:20	19:52	20:34
September equinox	06:43	18:17	18:54
December solstice	07:20	15:42	16:27

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	24	26	34	46	58	66	71	70	62	50	39	30
Precip in	4.1	3.1	4.1	3.9	3.8	4.1	4.6	4.9	4.3	5.3	3.6	4.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1358884329

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