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South Mountain Park

South Mountain Park from directly overhead

South Mountain Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 414 m. Cork Hill stands 577 m to the southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ross Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
414 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07472, -75.92417

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions: 22
Nature reserves: 22
Artworks: 12
  • The Skirmisher: 1.4 mi
  • George F. Johnson statue: 1.7 mi
  • Dickinson Object: 2.2 mi
  • Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 2.4 mi
  • Falling Man: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 12
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 2.8 mi
  • Campus Garden: 3.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • The Salt Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Salt Springs: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of South Mountain Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cork HillSW 233°577 m9.5 mi
Round HillESE 105°567 m20.9 mi
Ingraham HillWSW 237°556 m1.6 mi
Birchard HillSSE 165°555 m16.2 mi
Lucky HillS 191°550 m3.5 mi
Stonecrop HillSSE 151°549 m11.6 mi
Bobell HillNE 42°546 m18.6 mi
Brady HillSSE 160°545 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3919:16
June solstice05:2920:0120:44
September equinox06:5218:2619:03
December solstice07:2915:5016:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766706962503930

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Endicott, 8 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer63 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel38 obs
  • Mallard33 obs
  • Blue Jay24 obs
  • American Robin24 obs
  • Common Garter Snake22 obs
  • Common Raccoon22 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade22 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357623381

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