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Ginseng Mountain

Ginseng Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Ginseng Mountain rises to 855 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Jennie Notch Unit, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

About

The story

Ginseng Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Windham.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49031546, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
855 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.34147, -74.19570
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • C.D. Lane Park: 4.0 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 5.9 mi
  • Ashland Park: 7.7 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 9.0 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • East Kill Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Red Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Glen Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Venus Bath: 10.8 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 10.8 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 1.0 mi
  • Susquehanna Turnpike: 4.1 mi
  • Early Sawmill: 9.3 mi
  • Eleazer Knowles: 9.3 mi
  • Edwin L Drake: 10.2 mi
Museums: 25
  • Durham Center Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Piano Performance Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Mountain Top Historical Society: 11.4 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 12.2 mi
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 22
Artworks: 12
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 12.6 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Veterans Garden: 14.0 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 22.6 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 22.6 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 24.1 mi
  • Water Garden: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Ginseng Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainS 189°1,228.34 m11.4 mi
Black DomeSE 143°1,217.37 m6.2 mi
Thomas Cole MountainSSE 148°1,204.87 m5.8 mi
BlackheadSE 138°1,200.91 m6.9 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainS 191°1,140 m12.6 mi
Rusk MountainSSW 203°1,123.493 m10.6 mi
East RuskSSW 199°1,105.814 m10.3 mi
Camel's HumpSSE 154°1,095.4 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5520:38
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4216:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 951143 — Ginseng Mountain, Greene County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357561527

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