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Fork Mountain

Fork Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fork Mountain rises to 741 m in New York. East Mary Smith Hill stands 896 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34822276, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
741 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.10092, -75.07044

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 37
Museums: 7
  • Roscoe O&W Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 14.8 mi
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 18.2 mi
  • Hanford Mills Museum: 24.2 mi
  • Oneonta History Centre: 24.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 6.9 mi
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 7.8 mi
  • Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 20.3 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Russell Brook Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Tompkins Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Jensen Cascade: 16.6 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 19.0 mi
Attractions: 3
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • East Branch Rest Area: 8.7 mi
  • Roscoe: 16.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Beamoc Trout: 14.2 mi
  • statue of liberty replica: 24.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Piped Spring: 20.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Mary Smith HillESE 110°896 m13.7 mi
Mary Smith HillESE 108°846 m12.8 mi
Brock MountainESE 114°841 m9.8 mi
Cherry RidgeSE 137°801 m8.3 mi
Cherry RidgeSE 136°793 m7.4 mi
Prospect HillNE 49°783 m6.5 mi
Starkweather HillNNE 28°776 m2.1 mi
Brock MountainESE 111°766 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2519:5820:40
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2615:4716:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445664696761493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357560214

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