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Garfield Mountain

Garfield Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Garfield Mountain rises to 787 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the south, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Allaben Unit, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

Garfield Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south of Allaben. Fork Ridge is located south, Sheridan Mountain is located east-northeast, and Romer Mountain is located southeast of Garfield Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34915666, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
787 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.09120, -74.36654

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 2.7 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 2.7 mi
  • Parish Field: 2.9 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 4.2 mi
  • Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Otter Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Diamond Notch Falls: 8.0 mi
  • High Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 41
Museums: 26
Artworks: 16
Cliffs: 15
Gardens: 10
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 22.8 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 23.0 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 23.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.6 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Belleayre Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 22.5 mi
  • West Landing: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Rail Explorers: 3.1 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 5.0 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 15.4 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 21.0 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Garfield Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainS 189°1,266 m6.4 mi
Hunter MountainNE 49°1,228.34 m9.2 mi
West Kill MountainNE 37°1,186 m6.6 mi
Cornell MountainS 175°1,174 m6.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainS 170°1,152.75 m5.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNE 52°1,140 m8.0 mi
Panther MountainSSW 211°1,135.08 m2.8 mi
Lone MountainS 188°1,127.76 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2219:5520:38
September equinox06:4518:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357560953

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