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Flat Hill

Flat Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Flat Hill rises to 598 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Vernooy Kill Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 7.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 5117363

Wikidata Q34868953, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
598 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.87704, -74.35765

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 7.5 mi
  • Lippman Park: 7.8 mi
  • Tongore Park: 8.3 mi
  • Rochester Town Park: 8.8 mi
  • Brown's Station: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 59
  • ruins: 7.2 mi
  • Yale Quarry: 7.3 mi
  • Old Mine Road: 7.3 mi
  • John Burroughs Monument: 8.5 mi
  • Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 50
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 42
Museums: 30
  • Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Napanoch Station: 9.5 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 11.2 mi
  • The Den of Marbletown: 11.9 mi
  • D & H Canal Museum and Visitor Center: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 20
Artworks: 19
Gardens: 15
  • Butterfly Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Buddah Garden: 16.7 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 19.5 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 10.6 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 10.7 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 12.3 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 12.4 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 14.3 mi
Springs: 8
  • Keyhole Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 4.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 4.9 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Box Spring: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Flat Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainN 350°1,266 m8.6 mi
Cornell MountainN 1°1,174 m8.6 mi
Table MountainNNW 337°1,165.86 m6.1 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW 338°1,164.03 m5.7 mi
Wittenberg MountainN 3°1,152.75 m9.1 mi
Panther MountainN 351°1,135.08 m12.5 mi
Lone MountainNNW 345°1,127.76 m6.6 mi
Friday MountainN 358°1,125 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:57
December solstice07:2215:4516:30

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357559900

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