Ginseng Mountain
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.
The story
Ginseng Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Windham.
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Wikidata Q49031546, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 855 m
How to reach it
- 29.1 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Jennie Notch Unit: 0.7 mi
- Lake Heloise Unit: 0.9 mi
- Mitchell Hollow Unit: 2.7 mi
- Mill Street Unit: 2.8 mi
- Mitchell Hollow Brook Unit: 3.0 mi
- Mount Zoar: 1.2 mi
- Mount Hayden: 1.7 mi
- Mount Nebo: 2.2 mi
- Kate Hill: 2.2 mi
- Windham High Peak: 3.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pratt Rocks: 11.2 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 12.9 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 13.8 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 15.6 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 16.4 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 10.0 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 19.0 mi
- The Great Knot: 20.4 mi
- Winnisook: 20.8 mi
- I ♥ NY: 20.9 mi
- 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
- Pratt Rock: 11.8 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 11.9 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Rail Explorers: 18.9 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 20.7 mi
- 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
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 2.8 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 12.3 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 19.4 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 23.1 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | S 189° | 1,228 m | 11.4 mi |
| Black Dome | SE 143° | 1,217 m | 6.2 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,205 m | 5.8 mi |
| Blackhead | SE 138° | 1,201 m | 6.9 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | S 191° | 1,140 m | 12.6 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,123 m | 10.6 mi |
| East Rusk | SSW 199° | 1,106 m | 10.3 mi |
| Camel's Hump | SSE 154° | 1,095 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 8 mi away.
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
Day trips start here
- Kinderhook · 27 mi
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