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Acorn Hill

Acorn Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Acorn Hill rises to 398 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is South Yankeetown Pond Unit, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The story

Acorn Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Wittenberg. Snake Rocks is located southeast, and Johns Mountain is located north-northeast of Acorn Hill.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34802005, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
398 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.03037, -74.17320

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bearsville Park: 1.2 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 1.4 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 2.4 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 2.8 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 3.0 mi
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 39
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 1.0 mi
  • Ministers Face: 5.8 mi
  • Samuels Point: 7.3 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 8.2 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 8.4 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 24
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 5.2 mi
  • The Great Knot: 7.2 mi
  • Opus 40: 7.4 mi
  • The Query Family: 7.4 mi
  • Flame: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Tongore Park Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 11.9 mi
  • West Landing: 12.6 mi
  • South Landing: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Rough Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 13.1 mi
  • Ellipse: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.0 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 7.7 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 12.5 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 15.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 16.1 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bear Wallow: 9.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.4 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 9.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Acorn Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNW 344°1,228.34 m10.6 mi
Cornell MountainWSW 258°1,174 m9.6 mi
Plateau MountainN 360°1,168.91 m7.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 10°1,160 m7.1 mi
Wittenberg MountainW 260°1,152.75 m9.1 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNW 338°1,140 m9.8 mi
Friday MountainWSW 253°1,125 m10.1 mi
DinkWSW 257°1,115.26 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357544119

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