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Cathead Mountain

Cathead Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cathead Mountain rises to 740 m in New York. Swart Mountain stands 933 m to the north-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathead Mountain Primitive Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 2.6 miles off.

About

The story

Cathead Mountain is a 2,428-foot-tall (740 m) mountain located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is located north of the hamlet of Benson in Hamilton County. In 1910, a wood fire lookout tower was built on the mountain. In 1916, it was replaced with a 50-foot-tall (15 m) steel tower. The tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1988 season and was officially closed in early 1989. Later on, a tower frame was built and attached to the current tower to provide space for radio antennas.

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Wikidata Q34808043, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
740 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.28340, -74.28875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Waterfront Park: 7.1 mi
  • Parker's Corner Park: 7.4 mi
  • Edinburg Town Park: 11.6 mi
  • shuffle board: 14.8 mi
  • Nathan Littauer Park: 14.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 23
Nature reserves: 19
Waterfalls: 14
  • West Stoney Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
  • first falls: 7.3 mi
  • second falls: 7.9 mi
  • third falls: 8.0 mi
  • Auger Falls: 12.9 mi
Museums: 14
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 8
  • Lost Hunter's: 11.6 mi
  • Lost T: 11.9 mi
  • McMartin: 12.1 mi
  • Choss Factory: 13.8 mi
  • Echo Cliff: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 22.2 mi
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 23.8 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.1 mi
  • I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Cathead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Swart MountainNNW933 m9.1 mi
Dugway MountainNW904 m8.2 mi
Three Ponds MountainWNW890 m4.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW874 m6.0 mi
Blue Ridge MountainW866 m5.8 mi
Pigeon MountainWSW850 m7.6 mi
Wallace MountainWNW828 m2.4 mi
Silver Lake MountainW828 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:1819:5820:42
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2715:3816:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395362666457443323
Precip in3.93.53.74.44.54.94.84.14.34.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 946039 — Cathead Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357552680

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