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Acra Point

Acra Point, seen from above at true elevation

Acra Point rises to 948 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away.

The story

Acra Point is a mountain in Greene County, New York. It is located in the Catskill Mountains south of South Durham. Burnt Knob is located west-northwest, and Blackhead is located south of Acra Point.

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Wikidata Q34802014, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
948 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.29647, -74.09986

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • C.D. Lane Park: 3.6 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 4.9 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 5.0 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 5.5 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 57
  • East Kill Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Glen Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 5.1 mi
  • Venus Bath: 5.1 mi
  • Winter Clove falls: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • Town of Cairo: 5.6 mi
  • Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 6.8 mi
  • stone house: 7.4 mi
  • Layman's Monument: 7.6 mi
  • cistern: 7.7 mi
Museums: 25
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 16
  • Hurricane Ledge: 9.4 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 11.1 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 11.4 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 12.0 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Veterans Garden: 15.0 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 17.2 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 21.2 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 21.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Attractions: 6
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Acra Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainSW 219°1,228.34 m10.6 mi
Black DomeSSW 213°1,217.37 m2.2 mi
Thomas Cole MountainSW 226°1,204.87 m2.6 mi
BlackheadS 187°1,200.91 m2.0 mi
West Kill MountainSW 228°1,186 m13.2 mi
Plateau MountainSSW 199°1,168.91 m11.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSSW 193°1,160 m11.7 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSW 218°1,140 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5520:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4216:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475967727163514031

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cairo 3 NW, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357544128

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