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Brace Hill

Brace Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Brace Hill rises to 752 m in New York. Middle Mountain stands 906 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Money Point, a cliff 1.7 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 16 miles off.

The story

Brace Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York east-southeast of Walton, New York. Money Point is located southeast of Brace Hill and Colchester Mountain is located northeast.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34806057, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
752 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12036, -75.01350

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 36
Historic sites: 6
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 5.2 mi
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 5.4 mi
  • Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 17.7 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 23.9 mi
  • ETS Relay (Ruin): 24.5 mi
Museums: 6
  • Roscoe O&W Museum: 14.0 mi
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 17.9 mi
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 21.3 mi
  • Hanford Mills Museum: 21.9 mi
  • Oneonta History Centre: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Russell Brook Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Tompkins Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Jensen Cascade: 18.9 mi
  • Stratton Falls: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • White Rock: 6.4 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • East Branch Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Roscoe: 15.5 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Beamoc Trout: 14.0 mi
  • statue of liberty replica: 22.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Piped Spring: 18.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Brace Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle MountainESE906 m12.5 mi
Cabot MountainESE905 m13.7 mi
East Mary Smith HillESE896 m11.6 mi
Beech HillESE867 m12.8 mi
Mary Smith HillESE846 m10.6 mi
Craig HillNE811 m10.8 mi
Cherry RidgeSSE793 m7.0 mi
Prospect HillNE783 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2519:5820:40
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2615:4716:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445664696761493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357550064

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