Cheesecote Mountain
Cheesecote Mountain rises to 296 m in New York. Black Rock Mountain stands 421 m to the west-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Chock Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34808569, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 296 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 17.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.7 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Chock Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Limekiln Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Rider Hill: 1.7 mi
- Jackie Jones Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.0 mi
- Mount Ivy County Park: 1.9 mi
- Laurel Drive Park: 2.8 mi
- Kennedy - Dells County Park: 3.4 mi
- Kennedy-Dells Park: 3.5 mi
- Lowland Town Park: 3.5 mi
- Blauvelt Homestead: 3.9 mi
- History Center Museum: 3.9 mi
- KinoSaito Arts Center: 5.7 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 8.3 mi
- Lincoln Depot Museum: 8.3 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 5.1 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 6.4 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 6.8 mi
- Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 7.3 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 8.9 mi
- Gurnee Park: 1.5 mi
- Wayne-Washington Lookout: 4.4 mi
- George's Island Park: 5.8 mi
- Montrose Point State Forest: 5.9 mi
- Oscawana Island Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 5.8 mi
- Pulpit: 6.2 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 6.3 mi
- Jersey Volunteers: 7.3 mi
- Kitty Corners: 7.3 mi
- J J Wood Saw Mill: 1.3 mi
- Vickers & Sons Bell: 3.9 mi
- Camp-18: 4.7 mi
- Camp buildings: 4.9 mi
- New City Welcome area and fountain: 4.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 5.3 mi
- Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 5.4 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Memorial Park Butterfly Garden: 10.6 mi
- Daffodil Hill: 11.2 mi
- Brickhead Truth: 4.5 mi
- Arc: 8.0 mi
- River Arch: 9.7 mi
- Tappan Zee: 10.6 mi
- Approach: 10.7 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 4.5 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 4.6 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 4.6 mi
- Brick Beach: 5.6 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach Club: 15.6 mi
- Kakiat Park: 5.4 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Area B: 17.8 mi
- Area C: 17.8 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 11.7 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 14.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 18.0 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 18.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 19.1 mi
- Doodletown: 6.9 mi
- Monksville: 14.3 mi
- New City Village: 22.1 mi
- Dicktown: 23.4 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Cheesecote Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock Mountain | WNW 299° | 421 m | 5.2 mi |
| Fingerboard Mountain | NW 324° | 420 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hogencamp Mountain North | NW 314° | 417 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hogencamp Mountain | NW 309° | 407 m | 5.0 mi |
| Island Pond Mountain | NW 312° | 398 m | 5.9 mi |
| Goshen Mountain | NNW 344° | 396 m | 5.0 mi |
| Surebridge Mountain | NW 308° | 391 m | 5.5 mi |
| Rockhouse Mountain | NW 315° | 387 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 946470 — Cheesecote Mountain, Rockland County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357553509
Day trips start here
- Stony Point · 3 mi
- Rockland County · 4 mi
- New City · 5 mi
- Monsey · 6 mi
- Spring Valley · 6 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 8 mi
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