Cairn Mountain
Cairn Mountain rises to 343 m in New York. Black Rock Mountain stands 421 m to the east-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hogback Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34807342, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 343 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 20.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.5 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 12 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hogback Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Tower Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bare Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Fox Hill: 1.8 mi
- Quary Field: 1.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 2.1 mi
- Tuxedo Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Louis E Euvard Memorial Field: 2.7 mi
- Dater Mountain County Park: 3.7 mi
- New York Renaissance Faire: 2.2 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 4.6 mi
- Ringwood Manor: 6.1 mi
- Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 9.1 mi
- Lockheed Constellation: 9.4 mi
- Augusta Furnace: 2.0 mi
- Southfields Furnace: 2.7 mi
- Camp buildings: 3.8 mi
- Ranger Cabin: 4.3 mi
- Sloatsburg Cemetery: 4.7 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 2.7 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 4.8 mi
- Pulpit: 5.1 mi
- Crumbling Under Pressure: 5.5 mi
- Gravitas Wall: 5.5 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 7.7 mi
- Mahwah Museum: 9.4 mi
- Blauvelt Homestead: 12.1 mi
- History Center Museum: 12.1 mi
- Hopper-Goetschius House Museum: 12.7 mi
- Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway: 4.4 mi
- Wanaque Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Highlands Meadow: 7.9 mi
- Gurnee Park: 9.5 mi
- Jerry Wyckoff Natural Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Eagles: 6.7 mi
- Diana: 6.7 mi
- Swan Boy: 6.8 mi
- Four Continents Statues: 7.0 mi
- Power Teach: 8.7 mi
- Daffodil Hill: 6.6 mi
- Barberry Collection: 6.7 mi
- Winter Garden: 6.7 mi
- Annual Garden: 6.8 mi
- Perennial Garden: 6.8 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 4.0 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 4.4 mi
- Upper Greenwood Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
- Wawayanda Beach: 11.6 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 12.3 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Kakiat Park: 7.1 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 7.2 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 9.8 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 13.8 mi
- Otter Hole: 14.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 16.6 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 24.6 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 24.7 mi
- Monksville: 8.2 mi
- Doodletown: 12.1 mi
- New City Village: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Cairn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock Mountain | ENE 71° | 421 m | 4.2 mi |
| Fingerboard Mountain | ENE 61° | 420 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hogencamp Mountain North | ENE 64° | 417 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hogencamp Mountain | ENE 67° | 407 m | 5.0 mi |
| Island Pond Mountain | NE 56° | 398 m | 5.0 mi |
| Surebridge Mountain | ENE 62° | 391 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lindley Mountain | NE 51° | 390 m | 6.4 mi |
| Tom Jones Mountain | E 84° | 387 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:47 | 16:32 |
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 | 29 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945439 — Cairn Mountain, Orange County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357551864
Day trips start here
- Suffern · 8 mi
- Monsey · 10 mi
- Rockland County · 11 mi
- Spring Valley · 11 mi
- Stony Point · 11 mi
- New City · 12 mi
Take the scenic way to Cairn Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.