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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.

The story

Mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 5117363.

Wikidata Q34868953, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
598 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87704, -74.35765

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
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
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 54
  • Yale Quarry: 7.3 mi
  • Old Mine Road: 7.3 mi
  • John Burroughs Monument: 8.5 mi
  • Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 8.7 mi
  • J. Waldo Smith Monument: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 45
  • 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: 41
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
Artworks: 19
Beaches: 19
Gardens: 14
  • 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: 6
  • Keyhole Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 4.9 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Box Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Piped Spring: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2

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 MountainN1,266 m8.6 mi
Cornell MountainN1,174 m8.6 mi
Table MountainNNW1,166 m6.1 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW1,164 m5.7 mi
Wittenberg MountainN1,153 m9.1 mi
Panther MountainN1,135 m12.5 mi
Lone MountainNNW1,128 m6.6 mi
Friday MountainN1,125 m7.6 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357559900

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