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Cator Roundtop

Cator Roundtop, seen from above at true elevation

Cator Roundtop rises to 874 m in New York. Bearpen Mountain stands 1,098 m to the east, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawk Hollow Unit, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

The story

Cator Roundtop is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south-southwest of Grand Gorge. Hack Flats is located northeast, Red Kill Ridge is located southeast, and Red Mountain is located northeast of Cator Roundtop.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34808066, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
874 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25370, -74.57182

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 21
  • Kirkside Park: 2.5 mi
  • Fleischmann Athletic Park: 7.0 mi
  • Smith Park: 9.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 10.9 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 12
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Gilboa Museum: 11.9 mi
  • New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center: 14.6 mi
  • Lansing Manor House: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 4
Artworks: 4
Springs: 4
  • Piped Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 18.5 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 20.7 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Belleayre Beach: 10.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Cator Roundtop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bearpen MountainE1,098 m5.1 mi
Vly MountainE1,079 m6.5 mi
North Bearpen MountainENE1,076 m4.7 mi
Halcott MountainSE1,070 m8.5 mi
RoundtopNE1,052 m5.0 mi
Belleayre Gondola PeakSSE1,046 m9.1 mi
South BearpenE1,040 m4.1 mi
Sleeping LionESE1,039 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2319:5620:39
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2515:4416:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435564696760483829
Precip in2.82.43.33.83.64.74.84.44.14.43.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Manor, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 946059 — Cator Roundtop, Delaware County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357552715

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