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Buchanan Mountain

Buchanan Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Buchanan Mountain rises to 347 m in New York. Black Rock Mountain stands 421 m to the east-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34806466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
347 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.26787, -74.20293

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Mombasha Park: 2.0 mi
  • Quary Field: 3.3 mi
  • Harriman Bicentennial Capsule: 4.0 mi
  • Ruach Hachayim: 4.2 mi
  • Mary Harriman Park: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Power Teach: 5.4 mi
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 9.2 mi
  • Eagles: 9.9 mi
  • Eagles: 9.9 mi
  • Diana: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 54
  • Lemon Squeezer: 3.7 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 5.2 mi
  • Pulpit: 7.8 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 8.5 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 8.5 mi
Attractions: 53
Museums: 53
Gardens: 44
  • Goshen: 9.5 mi
  • West Coast: 9.6 mi
  • The Bronx: 9.6 mi
  • Midtown: 9.6 mi
  • Las Vegas: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 36
Picnic sites: 9
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 9.6 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Mine Hole Falls: 10.0 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Otter Hole: 17.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Middletown Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 23.8 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Rail-Trail Spring: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Buchanan Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Rock MountainESE 118°421 m4.0 mi
Fingerboard MountainE 92°420 m5.1 mi
Hogencamp Mountain NorthE 101°417 m4.5 mi
Bradley MountainE 80°416 m5.5 mi
South Stockbridge MountainENE 76°411 m6.1 mi
Hogencamp MountainESE 107°407 m4.4 mi
Island Pond MountainE 96°398 m3.8 mi
Goshen MountainE 87°396 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2519:5220:34
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2015:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945008 — Buchanan Mountain, Orange County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357551170

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