Doubletop Mountain
Doubletop Mountain rises to 1,180 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the east-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Doubletop Mountain - South Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Doubletop Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. Doubletop Mountain is flanked to the northwest by Graham Mountain, to the east by Big Indian Mountain, and to the southwest by the Beaver Kill Range. Doubletop Mountain stands within the watershed of the Delaware River, which drains into Delaware Bay. The northeast side of Doubletop Mountain drains into the headwaters of Dry Brook, thence into the East Branch of the Delaware River. The northwest end of Doubletop Mountain drains into Flatiron Brook, thence into Dry Brook. The southwest side of Doubletop drains into the headwaters of Beaver Kill, thence into the East Branch of the Delaware River. The south end of Doubletop drains into High Falls Brook, thence into the West Branch of the Neversink River, and the Delaware River. The southeast slopes of Doubletop drain into Pigeon Brook, thence into Biscuit Brook, and the West Branch of the Neversink. Doubletop Mountain is within of New York's Catskill State Park.
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Wikidata Q5300164, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,180 m
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 23 mi
- Compass Rock · 25 mi
- Beacon Hill · 25 mi
- Copes Lookout · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McKinley Hollow Unit: 4.4 mi
- Oliverea Unit: 5.1 mi
- Red Hill Knolls Unit: 6.7 mi
- Indian Grove Unit: 6.8 mi
- Red Hill Unit: 8.1 mi
- Doubletop Mountain - South Peak: 0.3 mi
- Graham Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Big Indian Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 2.6 mi
- High Falls Ridge: 2.6 mi
- High Falls: 3.2 mi
- Otter Falls: 5.6 mi
- Cornell Falls: 8.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.3 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 12.1 mi
- Big Indian Park: 6.7 mi
- Smith Park: 7.8 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 8.9 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 9.3 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 11.6 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 1.4 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 3.0 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 6.0 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 7.6 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 7.7 mi
- Giant Ledge: 6.9 mi
- Cornell Crack: 9.0 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 11.1 mi
- Samuels Point: 11.5 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 18.8 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 7.2 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 11.9 mi
- Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 19.4 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 20.4 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 20.4 mi
- Winnisook: 6.7 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 11.4 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 13.8 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 19.3 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 20.8 mi
- Piped Spring: 7.5 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 7.6 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 13.2 mi
- Bear Wallow: 14.2 mi
- Box Spring: 14.7 mi
- Rail Explorers: 11.9 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 12.5 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Pratt Rock: 20.2 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 22.7 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 7.4 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 22.6 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Roscoe: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Doubletop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,266 m | 7.6 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | SSE 155° | 1,175 m | 0.3 mi |
| Graham Mountain | NW 307° | 1,174 m | 1.3 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,174 m | 9.0 mi |
| Table Mountain | SE 127° | 1,166 m | 7.9 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | SE 128° | 1,164 m | 8.4 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | E 98° | 1,153 m | 9.4 mi |
| Balsam Lake Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,136 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 973348 — Doubletop Mountain, Ulster County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598517
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