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Briggs Mountain

Briggs Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Briggs Mountain rises to 266 m in New York. Brace Mountain stands 706 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Coles Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34806218, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
266 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.99176, -73.75541

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Cantine Dam Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 53
Museums: 41
Gardens: 23
  • Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 6.1 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Ellipse: 8.5 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 23
  • Parliament of Reality: 8.0 mi
  • America: 8.1 mi
  • Stargon: 8.2 mi
  • Wishbone: 8.4 mi
  • Diving Lady: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 18
  • West Beach: 7.0 mi
  • East Beach: 7.4 mi
  • South Landing: 9.5 mi
  • West Landing: 9.6 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
Attractions: 14
  • wings castle: 11.1 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 12.7 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 14.8 mi
  • Town Hill Farm: 17.0 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 18.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Briggs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brace MountainENE 75°706 m14.0 mi
South Brace MountainENE 76°702 m14.0 mi
Thorpe MountainE 90°518 m13.8 mi
Bird PeakE 94°477 m14.0 mi
Silver MountainESE 115°427 m10.3 mi
Stissing MountainSE 127°425 m4.0 mi
Fox HillENE 72°410 m12.0 mi
Winchell MountainE 101°403 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2019:5220:35
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2015:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944741 — Briggs Mountain, Dutchess County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357550520

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