East Mountain
East Mountain rises to 326 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the west-northwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Putnam County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34914645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 326 m
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- High Exposure · 24 mi
- Hawkwatch · 24 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 25 mi
- Thurston Rock · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Hill: 1.3 mi
- Lambs Hill: 2.9 mi
- South Beacon Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.0 mi
- North Beacon Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Fahnestock Winter Park: 3.7 mi
- Nelsonville Park: 3.9 mi
- Blacktop: 4.1 mi
- Jean Van Pelt Park: 4.3 mi
- McConville Park: 4.3 mi
- Thayer Statue: 5.8 mi
- General Patton: 5.8 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 5.8 mi
- Washington Monument: 5.8 mi
- Mahatma: 8.7 mi
- Open Space Institute: 2.4 mi
- Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation: 4.0 mi
- Taconic Unit: 4.7 mi
- Wiccopee Reservoir: 4.9 mi
- West Branch Headwaters Unit: 5.2 mi
- American revolution signal Beacon monument: 3.2 mi
- The Mt. Beacon Eight: 3.2 mi
- Connecticut Line: 3.3 mi
- Beacon Hill Incline Railway Powerhouse: 3.5 mi
- Northgate Farm: 3.6 mi
- Magazzino: 2.5 mi
- Boscobel House: 4.2 mi
- Van Wyck Homestead Museum: 4.2 mi
- Putnam History Museum: 4.3 mi
- Dia:Beacon: 5.3 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 4.1 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Cut Garden: 14.7 mi
- Vassar College Community Gardens: 14.8 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 13.0 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 13.2 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 16.7 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 18.7 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 19.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Hell Hole: 10.8 mi
- Kaal Rock: 16.9 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 18.7 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 22.5 mi
- Canopus Beach: 3.6 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 9.2 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 14.9 mi
- Brick Beach: 15.3 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 15.5 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 9.2 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.2 mi
- Pell Hill: 21.5 mi
- Kakiat Park: 24.6 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- LG waterfall: 14.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 19.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 19.1 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 20.5 mi
- Dicktown: 6.3 mi
- Doodletown: 12.6 mi
- Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District: 25.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.8 mi
- The Silver Spring: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of East Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Beacon Mountain | WNW 298° | 491 m | 2.9 mi |
| North Beacon Mountain | NW 305° | 465 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNW 337° | 456 m | 3.0 mi |
| Lambs Hill | NW 322° | 454 m | 2.9 mi |
| Spy Rock | SW 233° | 441 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bull Hill | WSW 243° | 433 m | 3.6 mi |
| Crows Nest | SW 231° | 429 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SW 231° | 429 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357596084
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 4 mi
- Putnam County · 8 mi
- Highlands · 9 mi
- Stony Point · 16 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 18 mi
- Ossining · 21 mi
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