Balsam Mountain
Balsam Mountain rises to 1,022 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the east, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Sherrill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Balsam Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south-southwest of Pine Hill. It was formally known as Sheril Mountain. Mount Sherrill is located east-southeast, and Halcott Mountain is located west-southwest of Balsam Mountain.
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Wikidata Q34804175, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,022 m
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Sherrill: 0.9 mi
- Sleeping Lion: 1.8 mi
- North Dome: 2.1 mi
- South Sherrill: 2.2 mi
- Halcott Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Spruceton Unit: 1.8 mi
- Halcott Mountain Wild Forest: 2.0 mi
- Tumbleweed Unit: 2.8 mi
- Rusk Mountain Wild Forest: 3.5 mi
- Shandaken Unit: 4.1 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 6.7 mi
- Red Falls: 8.6 mi
- Otter Falls: 10.7 mi
- Hardenburg Falls: 11.1 mi
- Cornell Falls: 11.9 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 4.3 mi
- Smith Park: 5.8 mi
- Big Indian Park: 6.3 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 7.8 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 7.8 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 4.2 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 5.9 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 9.5 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 10.3 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 8.2 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 8.9 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 9.3 mi
- Pratt Museum: 9.3 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 15.1 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 8.9 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 9.6 mi
- Giant Ledge: 10.0 mi
- Cornell Crack: 12.6 mi
- Samuels Point: 13.6 mi
- Winnisook: 6.3 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 7.9 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 8.1 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 14.5 mi
- The Great Knot: 19.4 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 8.1 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 13.8 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 15.4 mi
- Piped Spring: 17.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 18.4 mi
- Rail Explorers: 8.2 mi
- Pratt Rock: 8.9 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 10.6 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 19.8 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 20.1 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 5.9 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 23.6 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 24.8 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Balsam Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | E 93° | 1,228 m | 8.0 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,186 m | 5.1 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | ESE 101° | 1,140 m | 7.5 mi |
| Panther Mountain | S 182° | 1,135 m | 8.8 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,123 m | 5.8 mi |
| East Rusk | E 80° | 1,106 m | 6.6 mi |
| Balsam Mountain | SW 219° | 1,099 m | 8.2 mi |
| North Dome | ESE 109° | 1,099 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 942954 — Balsam Mountain, Greene County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357546578
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