Baxter Mountain
Baxter Mountain rises to 614 m in New York. Middle Mountain stands 906 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Horton Brook Unit, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Delaware County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q34804521, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 614 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 28.4 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Horton Brook Unit: 1.9 mi
- Baxter Brook Unit: 4.2 mi
- Colchester Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 5.9 mi
- Delaware Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 6.1 mi
- Cat Hollow Unit: 6.3 mi
- Fuller Hill: 1.9 mi
- Stadel Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Cherry Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Trout Brook Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Twadell Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Covered Bridge Park: 5.0 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area: 6.6 mi
- East Branch Delaware River Waterway Access: 8.4 mi
- Upper Basset Park: 11.8 mi
- Bassett Park: 11.8 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 6.0 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 13.0 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 18.3 mi
- Carriage House: 19.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 22.5 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 8.3 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 13.3 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 20.2 mi
- Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 20.9 mi
- The Museum at Bethel Woods: 23.1 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 11.8 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 14.5 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 15.1 mi
- Money Point: 6.5 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 15.4 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 6.6 mi
- Roscoe: 10.5 mi
- White Rock: 11.7 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 12.4 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 8.3 mi
- Piped Spring: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Baxter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Mountain | E 81° | 906 m | 12.4 mi |
| East Mary Smith Hill | E 82° | 896 m | 11.1 mi |
| Beech Hill | E 79° | 867 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mary Smith Hill | ENE 78° | 846 m | 10.5 mi |
| Cherry Ridge | ENE 75° | 793 m | 3.4 mi |
| Rattle Hill | E 101° | 788 m | 13.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNE 16° | 783 m | 10.9 mi |
| Starkweather Hill | N 354° | 776 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:47 | 16:32 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 943178 — Baxter Mountain, Delaware County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357547073
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