Eagle Mountain
Eagle Mountain rises to 1,092 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the southeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Haynes Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Eagle Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. Eagle Mountain is flanked to the north by Haynes Mountain, to the southwest by Doubletop Mountain and Graham Mountain, and to the southeast by Big Indian Mountain. The east and northeast sides of Eagle Mountain drain into Esopus Creek, thence into the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay. The north, west and south sides of Eagle Mtn. drain into Dry Brook, thence into the East Branch of the Delaware River, and into Delaware Bay. Eagle Mountain is within the Big Indian Wilderness of New York's Catskill State Park. There is a supposed plane wreck on the mountain but the location of it has not been found
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Wikidata Q5325167, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1092.10 m
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 25 mi
- High Falls · 25 mi
- Compass Rock · 27 mi
- Beacon Hill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haynes Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Big Indian Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Balsam Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Doubletop Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Graham Mountain: 2.6 mi
- McKinley Hollow Unit: 2.5 mi
- Oliverea Unit: 3.0 mi
- Indian Grove Unit: 4.4 mi
- Little Red Kill Unit: 6.9 mi
- Covesville Unit: 7.5 mi
- Otter Falls: 5.1 mi
- High Falls: 5.6 mi
- Cornell Falls: 8.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.7 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 13.1 mi
- Big Indian Park: 4.3 mi
- Smith Park: 5.2 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 6.6 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 7.0 mi
- Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 7.5 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 2.6 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 5.1 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 5.1 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 6.3 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 6.6 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 9.6 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 10.4 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 17.9 mi
- Pratt Museum: 17.9 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 18.2 mi
- Giant Ledge: 6.1 mi
- Cornell Crack: 8.9 mi
- Samuels Point: 11.3 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 12.3 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 16.9 mi
- Winnisook: 4.4 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 9.9 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 13.4 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 17.1 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 22.6 mi
- Piped Spring: 8.4 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 8.6 mi
- Piped Spring: 10.0 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 13.9 mi
- Bear Wallow: 14.7 mi
- Rail Explorers: 10.4 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.4 mi
- Pratt Rock: 17.7 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 19.4 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 24.6 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 4.8 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 23.0 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Roscoe: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Eagle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | SE 124° | 1,266 m | 7.7 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,180 m | 2.6 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | SSW 197° | 1,175 m | 2.8 mi |
| Graham Mountain | SW 232° | 1,174 m | 2.6 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,174 m | 8.9 mi |
| Table Mountain | SE 143° | 1,165.86 m | 8.9 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | SE 143° | 1,164.03 m | 9.4 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,152.75 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357557378
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