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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 13.8 miles of Brace Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle MountainESE 116°906 m12.5 mi
Cabot MountainESE 110°905 m13.7 mi
East Mary Smith HillESE 121°896 m11.6 mi
Beech HillESE 114°867 m12.8 mi
Mary Smith HillESE 120°846 m10.6 mi
Brock MountainSE 131°841 m8.0 mi
Craig HillNE 50°811 m10.8 mi
Cherry RidgeSSE 160°801 m7.9 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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