Big Fork Mountain
Big Fork Mountain rises to 665 m in New York. Brock Mountain stands 841 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Elm Tree Ridge, a peak 2.3 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34805224, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 665 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 24.1 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hancock Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 2.5 mi
- Crystal Lake Wild Forest: 6.2 mi
- Baxter Brook Unit: 7.0 mi
- Horton Brook Unit: 7.0 mi
- Delaware Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 8.4 mi
- Elm Tree Ridge: 2.3 mi
- Bittersweet Hill: 2.8 mi
- Johnny Ridge: 3.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 3.5 mi
- Taylor Hill: 3.5 mi
- East Branch Delaware River Waterway Access: 4.6 mi
- Long Eddy Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Delaware River Waterway Access: 7.3 mi
- Fireman's Park: 8.7 mi
- Hancock Town Square: 8.8 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 10.3 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 18.3 mi
- The Museum at Bethel Woods: 20.0 mi
- Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 21.0 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 12.9 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 19.5 mi
- 1969 Woodstock Monument: 19.7 mi
- Carriage House: 19.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 22.8 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 4.8 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 10.0 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 19.0 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 20.6 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 14.5 mi
- White Rock: 16.6 mi
- Wayne County Fairgrounds: 24.1 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 5.1 mi
- Roscoe: 12.9 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Money Point: 13.2 mi
- Spencer Spring: 21.4 mi
- Piped Spring: 24.2 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Big Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Mountain | NE 55° | 841 m | 13.7 mi |
| Cherry Ridge | NE 54° | 801 m | 9.7 mi |
| Starkweather Hill | NNE 13° | 776 m | 14.1 mi |
| Morton Hill | ENE 68° | 765 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rodgers Hill | ENE 68° | 755 m | 9.6 mi |
| Brace Hill | NNE 21° | 752 m | 14.1 mi |
| Houck Mountain | N 353° | 748 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bear Spring Mountain | N 359° | 746 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:48 | 16:33 |
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 | 23 | 31 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 69 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Callicoon CTR, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357548693
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