Cave Mountain
Cave Mountain rises to 947 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Brooksburg Unit, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away.
The story
Cave Mountain is a mountain located in Greene County, New York south of Windham, New York. Cave Mountain drains south into East Kill and north into Batavia Kill. Cave Mountain is part of the Shawangunk Ridge (also known as The Gunks), which is a long mountain range that runs through eastern New York.
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Wikidata Q34808196, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 947 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Brooksburg Unit: 1.8 mi
- Maplecrest Road Unit: 2.3 mi
- Mitchell Hollow Brook Unit: 2.5 mi
- Batavia Kill Unit: 2.5 mi
- Mill Hollow Unit: 3.2 mi
- Round Hill: 2.0 mi
- Van Loan Hill: 2.6 mi
- East Jewett Range: 4.1 mi
- Bump Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Tower Mountain: 4.4 mi
- C.D. Lane Park: 3.9 mi
- Ashland Park: 4.8 mi
- Mountain Top Arboretum: 7.4 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 8.7 mi
- Irish Cultural Center: 9.9 mi
- Red Falls: 7.5 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 7.7 mi
- East Kill Falls: 8.9 mi
- Delmura Falls: 10.5 mi
- Winter Clove falls: 10.9 mi
- Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 5.2 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Susquehanna Turnpike: 8.6 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 9.3 mi
- Layman's Monument: 11.3 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 5.2 mi
- Durham Center Museum: 9.4 mi
- Pratt Museum: 9.7 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 10.1 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 6.0 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 14.6 mi
- Winnisook: 16.2 mi
- The Great Knot: 18.3 mi
- Opus 40: 19.6 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 8.6 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 9.3 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 12.1 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 13.5 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 14.6 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 16.0 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 17.0 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 21.2 mi
- West Landing: 23.3 mi
- South Landing: 23.4 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 4.0 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 8.4 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 23.9 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 24.0 mi
- Bear Wallow: 25.0 mi
- Pratt Rock: 9.2 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 12.6 mi
- Rail Explorers: 14.6 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 16.3 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 16.5 mi
- Veterans Garden: 18.6 mi
- The Upper Garden: 21.7 mi
- The Walled Garden: 21.7 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 24.9 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Cave Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | S 174° | 1,228.34 m | 7.5 mi |
| Black Dome | E 100° | 1,217.37 m | 6.4 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | E 101° | 1,204.87 m | 5.8 mi |
| Blackhead | E 100° | 1,200.91 m | 7.3 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,186 m | 8.5 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,168.91 m | 10.9 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | S 179° | 1,140 m | 8.5 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,123.493 m | 6.1 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 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357552738
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