Granite Mountain
Granite Mountain rises to 284 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49032782, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 284 m
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 25.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leonard Wagner aka Putnam Valley Town Park: 2.4 mi
- Blackberry Woods: 3.3 mi
- Kensington Woods: 3.5 mi
- Mahopac Airport Park: 3.7 mi
- Ivy Knolls Park: 3.9 mi
- Spruce Hill: 0.4 mi
- Tinker Hill: 1.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bryant Hill: 1.9 mi
- Piano Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Granite Mountain Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation: 2.8 mi
- Wiccopee Reservoir: 3.1 mi
- Danner Family Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Garrison School Forest: 4.1 mi
- Hell Hole: 8.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 16.6 mi
- Castle Rock: 16.7 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 16.9 mi
- General Patton: 6.2 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 6.2 mi
- Washington Monument: 6.3 mi
- Thayer Statue: 6.4 mi
- Arc: 8.3 mi
- chimney: 3.1 mi
- SMASHED CHEVROLET: 4.8 mi
- Quarry: 5.3 mi
- Quarry Mine: 5.5 mi
- Old Car: 5.7 mi
- Schoolhouse Museum: 1.7 mi
- Magazzino: 5.3 mi
- Boscobel House: 5.7 mi
- MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center: 6.2 mi
- Putnam History Museum: 6.4 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 6.8 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 12.8 mi
- Potting Garden: 12.8 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 9.4 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 9.9 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 13.1 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 15.8 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 15.8 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 5.0 mi
- Canopus Beach: 6.4 mi
- Brick Beach: 11.0 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 11.7 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 12.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 18.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 18.2 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 20.1 mi
- LG waterfall: 20.9 mi
- Farms Falls: 21.0 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 15.3 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
- Pell Hill: 15.7 mi
- Kakiat Park: 21.6 mi
- Dicktown: 7.5 mi
- Doodletown: 10.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Granite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Beacon Mountain | NW 322° | 491 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bull Hill | NW 304° | 433 m | 7.4 mi |
| Crows Nest | WNW 285° | 429 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | W 277° | 429 m | 8.8 mi |
| Butter Hill | WNW 292° | 420 m | 9.1 mi |
| Hill of Pines | W 281° | 419 m | 9.0 mi |
| Storm King Mountain | WNW 295° | 411 m | 9.0 mi |
| Nimham Mount | NE 46° | 388 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shrub OAK, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 951502 — Granite Mountain, Putnam County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357562265
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 6 mi
- Cold Spring · 7 mi
- Highlands · 8 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 12 mi
- Stony Point · 13 mi
- Ossining · 15 mi
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