Black Dome
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.
The story
See Black Dome for other mountains of this name.
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.
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Wikidata Q4920677, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1217.37 m
How to reach it
- 29.3 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Thomas Cole Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Blackhead: 0.9 mi
- Camel's Hump: 1.4 mi
- Arizona Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Caudal: 2.0 mi
- Katydid Creek Unit: 2.2 mi
- Maplecrest Road Unit: 4.1 mi
- Brooksburg Unit: 5.3 mi
- Jennie Notch Unit: 5.5 mi
- Twilight Park Unit: 5.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 5.4 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 6.3 mi
- Durham Center Museum: 8.3 mi
- Thomas Cole National Historic Site: 13.7 mi
- Greene County Historical Society: 15.0 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 7.4 mi
- The Great Knot: 14.5 mi
- Opus 40: 15.8 mi
- The Query Family: 15.8 mi
- Flame: 15.8 mi
- 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
- 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
- Saugerties Beach: 16.3 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 17.4 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 17.6 mi
- West Landing: 18.5 mi
- South Landing: 18.5 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 6.3 mi
- Pratt Rock: 15.6 mi
- Rail Explorers: 16.2 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 17.4 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 21.4 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 3.5 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 9.1 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 21.8 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Black Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | SW 221° | 1,228.34 m | 8.4 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | W 272° | 1,204.87 m | 0.7 mi |
| Blackhead | E 100° | 1,200.91 m | 0.9 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | SW 230° | 1,186 m | 11.1 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,168.91 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 188° | 1,160 m | 9.7 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | SW 220° | 1,140 m | 9.7 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,123.493 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 3 mi away.
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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- Kinderhook · 25 mi
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