Big Indian Mountain
Big Indian Mountain rises to 1,127 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the east-southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fir Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Big Indian Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. It is flanked to the northwest by Eagle Mountain, to the southeast by Fir Mountain, and to the southwest by Doubletop Mountain. The northeast slopes of Big Indian Mountain drain into Elk Bushkill, thence into Esopus Creek, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The north end of Big Indian Mountain drains into Shandaken Brook, thence into Dry Brook, the East Branch of the Delaware River, and into Delaware Bay. The west side of Big Indian Mtn. drains into the headwaters of Dry Brook. The southern slopes of Big Indian Mountain drain into Biscuit Brook and Pigeon Brook, thence into the West Branch of the Neversink River, and the Delaware River. Big Indian Mountain is within the Big Indian–Beaverkill Range Wilderness Area, part of New York's Catskill State Park.
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Wikidata Q4905867, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1127.46 m
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 23 mi
- High Falls · 24 mi
- Compass Rock · 25 mi
- Beacon Hill · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fir Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Doubletop Mountain - South Peak: 1.7 mi
- Doubletop Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 2.7 mi
- McKinley Hollow Unit: 2.9 mi
- Oliverea Unit: 3.6 mi
- Indian Grove Unit: 5.5 mi
- Red Hill Knolls Unit: 6.9 mi
- Fox Hollow Unit: 8.2 mi
- High Falls: 4.0 mi
- Otter Falls: 4.0 mi
- Cornell Falls: 7.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 8.8 mi
- Vernooy Kill Falls: 13.0 mi
- Big Indian Park: 5.4 mi
- Smith Park: 6.9 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 7.8 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 8.6 mi
- Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 9.0 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 2.7 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 3.2 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 4.9 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 6.2 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 6.8 mi
- Giant Ledge: 5.2 mi
- Cornell Crack: 7.6 mi
- Samuels Point: 10.0 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 10.4 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 17.1 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 7.7 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 10.2 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 18.8 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 19.4 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 19.6 mi
- Winnisook: 5.4 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 9.7 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 12.3 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 17.7 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 20.9 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 6.7 mi
- Piped Spring: 8.2 mi
- Piped Spring: 9.1 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 12.2 mi
- Bear Wallow: 13.1 mi
- Rail Explorers: 10.2 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 10.8 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 19.1 mi
- Pratt Rock: 19.4 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 22.6 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 6.5 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 21.4 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Roscoe: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Big Indian Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,266 m | 6.2 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | WSW 252° | 1,180 m | 1.7 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | WSW 242° | 1,175 m | 1.7 mi |
| Graham Mountain | W 276° | 1,174 m | 2.7 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,174 m | 7.6 mi |
| Table Mountain | SE 138° | 1,165.86 m | 7.1 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | SE 138° | 1,164.03 m | 7.6 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,152.75 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 943907 — Big Indian Mountain, Ulster County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357548762
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