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Cole Hill

Cole Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cole Hill rises to 721 m in New York. Graham Mountain stands 1,174 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cole Hill Unit, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 29 miles off.

The story

Cole Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York west of Margaretville. Pakatakan Mountain is located east-southeast of Cole Hill and Kettle Hill is located east-northeast.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34809191, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
721 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.14731, -74.68238

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 27
  • Fleischmann Athletic Park: 7.6 mi
  • Smith Park: 10.5 mi
  • Kirkside Park: 11.5 mi
  • Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 12.2 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Tompkins Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Stratton Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 13.0 mi
  • High Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Otter Falls: 15.7 mi
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 12
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 17.2 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 17.3 mi
  • Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 17.6 mi
  • Roscoe O&W Museum: 19.0 mi
  • Empire State Railway Museum: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 5
  • Piped Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Piped Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 23.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Pratt Rock: 17.4 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 17.8 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 19.7 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 21.4 mi
  • White Rock: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Belleayre Beach: 10.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 17.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Cole Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Graham MountainSE 137°1,174 m10.1 mi
Balsam Lake MountainSSE 147°1,136 m8.3 mi
Balsam MountainESE 111°1,099.41 m10.7 mi
Eagle MountainESE 124°1,092.1 m10.6 mi
Millbrook RidgeSSE 159°1,080 m7.0 mi
Dry Brook RidgeESE 121°1,058 m4.7 mi
Woodpecker RidgeSSE 156°1,057 m8.2 mi
Belleayre Gondola PeakE 99°1,046 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2319:5720:39
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2515:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445563676659483728
Precip in3.22.83.74.04.04.94.84.34.84.73.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Delhi 2 SE, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357554617

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