Bonticou Crag
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Bonticou Crag rises to 350 m in New York. Ashokan High Point stands 939 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Guyot Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Bonticou Crag is a mountain in the Shawangunk Mountains of New York, south of High Falls, formerly known as Bunticoo Point and Bontecou Crag. Guyot Hill is located west-southwest of Bonticou Crag. A 2.3 mile loop hike called Bonticou Crag Trail is available for hikers to explore the area which begins at the Bonticou Crag trailhead.
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Wikidata Q34805895, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 350 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock · 2 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 2 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 3 mi
- Thurston Rock · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Guyot Hill: 0.5 mi
- Rock Hill 951': 4.2 mi
- Joppenbergh Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Hades Hill: 5.3 mi
- 855': 5.4 mi
- Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Clearwater Park: 2.8 mi
- Huguenot Riverfront Park: 3.0 mi
- Moriello Park and Pool: 3.0 mi
- Blueberry Fields: 3.3 mi
- Albert K. Smiley Memorial Tower: 2.6 mi
- Mohonk Preserve Monument: 2.9 mi
- Testimonial Gateway: 3.0 mi
- New Paltz: 3.1 mi
- Chimney: 3.7 mi
- Waterworks (Mohonk Preserve): 2.6 mi
- Snyder Mine Drive Parcel: 3.3 mi
- Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.5 mi
- Giant's Ledges Pocket Park: 3.6 mi
- Scenic Hudson: 6.2 mi
- Mossy Brook Waterfall: 1.3 mi
- High Falls Waterfall: 2.9 mi
- Saw Mill Falls: 6.5 mi
- Sheldon Falls: 6.7 mi
- Peter's Kill Falls: 6.8 mi
- D & H Canal Museum and Visitor Center: 2.7 mi
- Widow Jane Mine Museum: 3.8 mi
- Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art: 3.8 mi
- Snyder Carriage and Sleigh Museum: 3.8 mi
- Fire Department Museum: 4.6 mi
- Outback Slab: 1.8 mi
- Gnome Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Skytop: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 2.9 mi
- The Trapps: 4.5 mi
- Large Hybrid, 1971: 3.9 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 7.3 mi
- Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 9.6 mi
- Winston Chruchill: 9.6 mi
- Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 9.6 mi
- SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 4.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.2 mi
- Vanderbilt Gardens: 9.1 mi
- Roosevelt Home Garden: 9.5 mi
- The Wild Garden: 9.6 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 6.0 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 7.3 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 7.5 mi
- Berean Park Beach: 8.7 mi
- Private Beach: 8.9 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 3.0 mi
- Huguenot Street Historic District: 3.0 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 3.0 mi
- Ulster County Fair: 4.5 mi
- Swimming Hole: 5.0 mi
- Bear Wallow: 12.9 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 13.7 mi
- Box Spring: 18.7 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 19.2 mi
- Piped Spring: 21.4 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 17.4 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 21.8 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Bonticou Crag. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashokan High Point | NW 317° | 939 m | 12.8 mi |
| Southeast Little Rocky | NW 309° | 922 m | 13.7 mi |
| Little Rocky | NW 309° | 917 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mombaccus Mountain | NW 310° | 865 m | 13.0 mi |
| Hilltop | E 99° | 862 m | 7.6 mi |
| Little High Point | NW 318° | 854 m | 12.5 mi |
| Breath Hill | NW 311° | 783 m | 15.7 mi |
| Hanover Mountain | NW 318° | 777 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:45 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944436 — Bonticou Crag, Ulster County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357549803
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 27 mi
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