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Gallis Hill

Gallis Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Gallis Hill rises to 240 m in New York. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,160 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Coward's Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 7.5 miles off.

About

The story

Gallis Hill is a 794-foot-tall (242 m) mountain in the Catskill Mountains region of New York. It is located northwest of Kingston in Ulster County. Jockey Hill is located north-northeast, and Morgan Hill is located west of Gallis Hill. In 1927, the Conservation Department built a steel fire lookout tower on the mountain. In 1950, the tower was closed and disassembled then moved to Overlook Mountain, where it still remains today.

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Wikidata Q34915494, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
240 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.95593, -74.06875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • M. E. Church: 4.9 mi
  • Veterans' Monument: 4.9 mi
  • Rondout Lighthouse: 5.1 mi
  • Fountain: 5.3 mi
  • Kiln: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Coward's Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 7.1 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 9.3 mi
  • Cantine Dam Falls: 10.1 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 40
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 6.5 mi
  • Trap Cliff: 8.3 mi
  • Ministers Face: 8.8 mi
  • Gnome Mountain: 9.4 mi
  • Indian Rock: 10.3 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 25
Gardens: 21
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 8.6 mi
  • Ellipse: 8.7 mi
  • Rough Garden: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Kingston Point Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Flint Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Esopus Meadows Beach: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Hudson River Cruises: 5.2 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 8.7 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 11.2 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 12.9 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 14.1 mi
Springs: 7
  • Bear Wallow: 11.5 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 16.7 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Piped Spring: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Gallis Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW1,160 m12.8 mi
Twin MountainNNW1,113 m12.1 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNNW1,085 m11.6 mi
Indian Head MountainNNW1,083 m11.3 mi
Olderbark MountainNNW1,048 m12.6 mi
Overlook MountainN956 m9.0 mi
Plattekill MountainN942 m10.5 mi
Ashokan High PointW939 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:36
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357560860

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