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East Mountain

East Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

East Mountain rises to 699 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Rochester Unit, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Ulster County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34914669, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
699 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.85426, -74.44460

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Lippman Park: 7.8 mi
  • Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 9.7 mi
  • Mildred & Louis Resnick Park: 9.8 mi
  • Liberty Square: 9.9 mi
  • Mill Street Park: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 53
  • Old Mine Road: 9.2 mi
  • Forstmann Castle: 9.7 mi
  • Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 9.7 mi
  • John Burroughs Monument: 10.5 mi
  • High Point Fire Tower Site: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 34
Waterfalls: 31
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Hanging Rock Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 9.5 mi
Museums: 28
Attractions: 11
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 10.0 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 14.5 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 14.9 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 15.7 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 17.1 mi
Springs: 9
  • Box Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Piped Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 6
Beaches: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Buddah Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 15.6 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 22.9 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of East Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainNNE 17°1,266 m10.5 mi
Doubletop MountainNNW 340°1,180 m12.7 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakNNW 340°1,175 m12.4 mi
Cornell MountainNNE 24°1,174 m11.1 mi
Table MountainNNE 16°1,165.86 m7.5 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNE 19°1,164.03 m7.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainNNE 25°1,152.75 m11.7 mi
Lone MountainNNE 19°1,127.76 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2419:5520:37
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 949179 — East Mountain, Ulster County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357557639

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