Burnt Knob
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Acra Point: 1.1 mi
- Windham High Peak: 1.5 mi
- Black Dome: 2.2 mi
- Thomas Cole Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Blackhead: 2.5 mi
- 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
- Katydid Creek Unit: 3.9 mi
- Jennie Notch Unit: 4.2 mi
- Maplecrest Road Unit: 4.4 mi
- Brooksburg Unit: 5.0 mi
- Lake Heloise Unit: 5.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- Durham Center Museum: 6.1 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 8.0 mi
- Thomas Cole National Historic Site: 14.2 mi
- Greene County Historical Society: 14.2 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 9.1 mi
- The Great Knot: 16.6 mi
- Pulelehua: 17.8 mi
- Love is in the Air: 17.8 mi
- Opus 40: 17.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 15.2 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 17.7 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 18.1 mi
- West Landing: 20.3 mi
- South Landing: 20.3 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 7.2 mi
- Pratt Rock: 15.5 mi
- Rail Explorers: 18.1 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 19.5 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 2.7 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 11.0 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 19.7 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | SSW 214° | 1,228.34 m | 10.3 mi |
| Black Dome | S 185° | 1,217.37 m | 2.2 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,204.87 m | 2.3 mi |
| Blackhead | SSE 163° | 1,200.91 m | 2.5 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | SW 223° | 1,186 m | 12.7 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,168.91 m | 11.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 188° | 1,160 m | 11.9 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,140 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cairo 3 NW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551650
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- Kinderhook · 24 mi
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