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Cairo Round Top

Cairo Round Top, seen from above at true elevation

Cairo Round Top rises to 437 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Old Game Farm, a attraction 1.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

About

The story

Cairo Round Top (also known as Dome Mountain or Round Top) is a mountain in Greene County, New York. It is known to local native tribes such as the Iroquois and Esopus as Wa-wan-te-pe-kook, or "Round Head Piece". Round Top is located in the Catskill Mountains south of Cairo, New York. The mountain is made primarily of Quartz Sandstone believed to have been formed roughly 400 million years ago after sediment from an ancient river hardened into rock. Around 22,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Period it is believed Round Top was completely covered by glaciers.

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Wikidata Q34807350, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
437 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.25898, -73.99736
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 2.7 mi
  • Elliott Park: 7.0 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 7.3 mi
  • Dutchman's Landing Park: 7.9 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 8.4 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 52
  • Glen Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 2.4 mi
  • Venus Bath: 2.6 mi
  • Winter Clove falls: 3.5 mi
  • Ashley Falls: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 44
  • Town of Cairo: 2.4 mi
  • Otis Railroad Trestle: 4.7 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 4.8 mi
  • stone house: 5.4 mi
  • cistern: 5.4 mi
Museums: 31
Artworks: 18
Gardens: 14
  • The Upper Garden: 12.5 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 17.0 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hurricane Ledge: 8.0 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 9.8 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 9.8 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 10.3 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Oakdale Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 13.2 mi
  • West Landing: 15.2 mi
  • South Landing: 15.3 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • The Old Game Farm: 1.5 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 20.1 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 20.7 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 22.0 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 23.6 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Cairo Round Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainWSW 245°1,228.34 m13.2 mi
Black DomeW 277°1,217.37 m6.4 mi
Thomas Cole MountainW 277°1,204.87 m7.1 mi
BlackheadW 276°1,200.91 m5.5 mi
Plateau MountainSW 227°1,168.91 m12.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 222°1,160 m11.8 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakSSW 212°1,113.13 m7.9 mi
Twin MountainSW 216°1,112.52 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2019:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2215:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475967727163514031

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cairo 3 NW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357595956

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