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Black Dome

Black Dome, seen from above at true elevation

Black Dome rises to 1,217 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Cole Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

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Black Dome is a mountain located in Greene County, New York. The mountain is the highest peak of the Blackhead Mountains range of the Catskills. Black Dome is flanked to the east by Blackhead, and to the west by Thomas Cole Mountain. Black Dome stands within the watershed of Schoharie Creek, which drains into the Mohawk River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The south side of Black Dome drains into East Kill, and thence into Schoharie Creek. The north side of Black Dome drains into Batavia Kill, and thence into Schoharie Creek. Black Dome is within New York's Catskill Park.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4920677, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,217.37 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.27018, -74.12255
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • C.D. Lane Park: 2.7 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 3.5 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 5.5 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 6.5 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 52
  • East Kill Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Venus Bath: 4.8 mi
  • Winter Clove falls: 4.9 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • Glen Falls: 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 45
  • stone house: 6.2 mi
  • Layman's Monument: 6.3 mi
  • cistern: 6.6 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 6.9 mi
  • Town of Cairo: 7.0 mi
Museums: 31
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 14
  • Hurricane Ledge: 7.8 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 9.0 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 9.8 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 10.5 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 16.4 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Veterans Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 20.2 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Attractions: 5
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Black Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainSW1,228 m8.4 mi
Thomas Cole MountainW1,205 m0.7 mi
BlackheadE1,201 m0.9 mi
West Kill MountainSW1,186 m11.1 mi
Plateau MountainSSW1,169 m9.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainS1,160 m9.7 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSW1,140 m9.7 mi
Rusk MountainWSW1,123 m9.3 mi
Conditions

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 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 973342 — Black Dome, Greene County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/2473476746

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