Halcott Mountain
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Halcott Mountain rises to 1,070 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Halcott Mountain Wild Forest, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Halcott Mountain is one of the Catskill Mountains of the U.S. state of New York. It is mostly located in Greene County, with some of its lower slopes in Delaware and Ulster counties. Its exact summit elevation has not been officially determined, but the highest contour line on the mountain is 3,520 feet (1,070 m). It is one of the peaks on the divide between the Delaware and Hudson watersheds. As one of the Catskill High Peaks above 3,500 feet (1,100 m) in elevation, a successful ascent of Halcott is required for peakbaggers seeking to join the Catskill Mountain 3500 Club. It is on public land, part of the Catskill Park Forest Preserve, but has no trail. Hikers bushwhack through the relatively open woods to sign the canister at the summit and prove their climb. It is considered one of the easiest of the 13 trailless High Peaks.
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Wikidata Q5641168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1069.54 m
How to reach it
- 27.4 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Falls · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Halcott Mountain Wild Forest: 1.4 mi
- Halcott Center North Unit: 1.9 mi
- Spruceton Unit: 3.3 mi
- Silas Lake Road Unit: 3.6 mi
- Roarback Brook Unit: 4.3 mi
- Sleeping Lion: 1.6 mi
- Rose Mountain: 2.0 mi
- South Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Balsam Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Monka Hill: 3.0 mi
- Red Falls: 9.2 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 9.2 mi
- Stratton Falls: 10.0 mi
- Otter Falls: 10.3 mi
- Hardenburg Falls: 10.9 mi
- Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 1.5 mi
- Smith Park: 3.8 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 4.5 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 5.2 mi
- Big Indian Park: 5.3 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 2.9 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 3.9 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 5.4 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 11.3 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 11.6 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 9.2 mi
- Giant Ledge: 10.0 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 12.1 mi
- Cornell Crack: 13.0 mi
- Samuels Point: 14.3 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 9.3 mi
- Pratt Museum: 9.3 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 9.6 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 11.5 mi
- Gilboa Museum: 15.2 mi
- Winnisook: 5.3 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 9.2 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 10.7 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 15.6 mi
- The Great Knot: 21.7 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 10.6 mi
- Piped Spring: 15.0 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 15.1 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 16.1 mi
- Piped Spring: 18.4 mi
- Pratt Rock: 9.0 mi
- Rail Explorers: 9.6 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.9 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 22.4 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 4.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Halcott Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | E 91° | 1,228.34 m | 10.6 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | E 96° | 1,186 m | 7.6 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | E 97° | 1,140 m | 10.0 mi |
| Panther Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,135.08 m | 8.8 mi |
| Big Indian Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,127.46 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | E 80° | 1,123.493 m | 8.3 mi |
| Fir Mountain | S 189° | 1,106.12 m | 10.7 mi |
| East Rusk | E 81° | 1,105.814 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952008 — Halcott Mountain, Greene County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357563196
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