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Burnt Knob

Burnt Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Burnt Knob rises to 972 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Acra Point, a peak 1.1 miles away.

The story

Burnt Knob is a mountain in Greene County, New York, United States. It is located in the Catskill Mountains southeast of South Durham. Acra Point is located east-southeast, and Blackhead is located south-southeast of Burnt Knob.

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Wikidata Q34807137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
972 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.30203, -74.11903

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • C.D. Lane Park: 2.8 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 4.8 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 5.7 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 6.0 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 58
  • East Kill Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Glen Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Venus Bath: 6.1 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Winter Clove falls: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 5.7 mi
  • Town of Cairo: 6.6 mi
  • Susquehanna Turnpike: 7.3 mi
  • Early Sawmill: 8.0 mi
  • Eleazer Knowles: 8.0 mi
Museums: 26
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 16
  • Hurricane Ledge: 9.9 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 11.0 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 11.9 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 12.6 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Veterans Garden: 14.9 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 18.1 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 22.0 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 8
Attractions: 5
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Burnt Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainSSW 214°1,228.34 m10.3 mi
Black DomeS 185°1,217.37 m2.2 mi
Thomas Cole MountainSSW 201°1,204.87 m2.3 mi
BlackheadSSE 163°1,200.91 m2.5 mi
West Kill MountainSW 223°1,186 m12.7 mi
Plateau MountainSSW 194°1,168.91 m11.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainS 188°1,160 m11.9 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSSW 213°1,140 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5520:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4216:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475967727163514031

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cairo 3 NW, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357551650

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