Blackhead
Blackhead rises to 1,201 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Dome, a peak 0.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Blackhead is a mountain located in Greene County, New York. The mountain is part of the Blackhead range of the Catskill Mountains. Blackhead is flanked to the northeast by Black Dome and Acra Point is located north.
Blackhead stands within the watershed of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay. The southwest side of Blackhead drains into East Kill, thence into Schoharie Creek, the Mohawk River, and the Hudson River. The north side of Blackhead drains into the headwaters of Batavia Kill, and thence into Schoharie Creek. The east side of Blackhead drains into Trout Brook, thence into Shingle Kill, Catskill Creek, and the Hudson River.
Blackhead is within New York's Catskill Park. The Long Path, a 350-mile (560 km) long-distance hiking trail from New York City to Albany, is contiguous with the Escarpment Trail.
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Wikidata Q4922981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1200.91 m
How to reach it
- 29.0 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Dome: 0.9 mi
- Arizona Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Thomas Cole Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Acra Point: 2.0 mi
- Camel's Hump: 2.3 mi
- Katydid Creek Unit: 3.0 mi
- Maplecrest Road Unit: 5.0 mi
- Twilight Park Unit: 5.5 mi
- Brooksburg Unit: 6.2 mi
- Jennie Notch Unit: 6.2 mi
- Mountain Top Arboretum: 3.5 mi
- C.D. Lane Park: 3.6 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 5.5 mi
- Angelo Canna Town Park: 5.7 mi
- Irish Cultural Center: 6.9 mi
- East Kill Falls: 2.4 mi
- Venus Bath: 4.0 mi
- Gaia Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Glen Falls: 4.1 mi
- Winter Clove falls: 4.1 mi
- stone house: 5.6 mi
- Layman's Monument: 5.7 mi
- cistern: 6.0 mi
- Town of Cairo: 6.2 mi
- Catskill Mountain House: 6.2 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 6.9 mi
- Durham Center Museum: 8.5 mi
- Thomas Cole National Historic Site: 12.8 mi
- Greene County Historical Society: 14.2 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 8.0 mi
- The Great Knot: 14.1 mi
- Pulelehua: 15.3 mi
- Love is in the Air: 15.4 mi
- Opus 40: 15.4 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 7.5 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 9.3 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 9.4 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 10.1 mi
- The "Great" Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- The Upper Garden: 15.7 mi
- The Walled Garden: 15.8 mi
- Veterans Garden: 17.0 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 19.6 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 19.8 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 15.7 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 16.7 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 17.6 mi
- West Landing: 17.9 mi
- South Landing: 17.9 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 5.3 mi
- Pratt Rock: 16.5 mi
- Rail Explorers: 16.6 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 17.8 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 4.3 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 9.6 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 21.7 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Blackhead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | SW 226° | 1,228.34 m | 8.9 mi |
| Black Dome | W 280° | 1,217.37 m | 0.9 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | W 277° | 1,204.87 m | 1.6 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | SW 234° | 1,186 m | 11.7 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,168.91 m | 9.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,160 m | 9.7 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | SW 224° | 1,140 m | 10.2 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,123.493 m | 10.0 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 973343 — Blackhead, Greene County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/2473476747
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