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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
  • Smith Park: 6.4 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: 36
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
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
Springs: 7
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.6 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.1 mi
  • Piped Spring: 13.7 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 9.4 miles of Garfield Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainS1,266 m6.4 mi
Hunter MountainNE1,228 m9.2 mi
West Kill MountainNE1,186 m6.6 mi
Cornell MountainS1,174 m6.2 mi
Table MountainSSW1,166 m9.4 mi
Wittenberg MountainS1,153 m5.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNE1,140 m8.0 mi
Panther MountainSSW1,135 m2.8 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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