Colchester Mountain
Colchester Mountain rises to 733 m in New York. East Mary Smith Hill stands 896 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Walton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 17 miles off.
The story
Colchester Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York east-southeast of Walton, New York.
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Wikidata Q34809141, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 733 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Named places within 25 miles
- Walton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 1.1 mi
- Mallory Brook Unit: 2.2 mi
- East River Road Unit: 2.5 mi
- MacDonald Road Unit: 3.1 mi
- MacGibbon Hollow Unit: 4.6 mi
- Starkweather Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mount Holly: 1.9 mi
- Brace Hill: 2.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.6 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Upper Basset Park: 4.6 mi
- Bassett Park: 4.6 mi
- Austin Lincoln Park: 5.0 mi
- Covered Bridge Park: 5.3 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 16.1 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 18.0 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 20.3 mi
- Hanford Mills Museum: 20.9 mi
- Oneonta History Centre: 21.4 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 11.5 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 14.9 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 19.5 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 19.9 mi
- Stratton Falls: 24.0 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 4.4 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 7.3 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 19.5 mi
- Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 21.9 mi
- Money Point: 3.8 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 19.2 mi
- White Rock: 4.3 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 19.1 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Roscoe: 17.6 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 16.0 mi
- statue of liberty replica: 21.2 mi
- Piped Spring: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Colchester Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Mary Smith Hill | SE 124° | 896 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mary Smith Hill | ESE 123° | 846 m | 12.7 mi |
| Craig Hill | ENE 61° | 811 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cherry Ridge | SSE 157° | 793 m | 9.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ENE 69° | 783 m | 3.6 mi |
| Starkweather Hill | SSW 205° | 776 m | 1.2 mi |
| Morton Hill | SSE 149° | 765 m | 12.4 mi |
| Brock Mountain | SE 132° | 763 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:47 | 16:32 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357554564
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