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Fir Mountain

Fir Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fir Mountain rises to 1,106 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the east-southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

Fir Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. Fir Mountain is flanked to the northwest by Big Indian Mountain, and to the southeast by Spruce Mountain. The east side of Fir Mountain drains into Esopus Creek, thence into the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The northwest end of Fir Mtn. drains into Elk Bushkill, thence into Esopus Creek. The west and south sides of Fir Mtn. drain into Biscuit Brook, thence into the West Branch of the Neversink River, the Delaware River, and into Delaware Bay. Fir Mountain is within the Big Indian Wilderness of New York's Catskill State Park.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5451209, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,106.12 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.02759, -74.46904

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Otter Falls: 2.6 mi
  • High Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 11.8 mi
Parks: 56
  • Big Indian Park: 5.4 mi
  • Smith Park: 7.3 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 7.5 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 8.8 mi
  • Parish Field: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Forstmann Castle: 3.1 mi
  • Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 3.4 mi
  • ETS Relay (Ruin): 4.2 mi
  • John Burroughs Monument: 4.7 mi
  • Pine Hill Honor Roll: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 35
Museums: 21
Artworks: 11
Springs: 7
  • Table Mountain Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Piped Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 11.6 mi
  • Box Spring: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 9.0 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 9.5 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 19.6 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 5
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Fir Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainESE1,266 m4.7 mi
Doubletop MountainW1,180 m3.0 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakW1,175 m2.9 mi
Graham MountainW1,174 m4.2 mi
Cornell MountainESE1,174 m6.1 mi
Table MountainSE1,166 m5.8 mi
Peekamoose MountainSE1,164 m6.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainESE1,153 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5520:38
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4516:30

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357559622

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