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Halihan Hill

Halihan Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Halihan Hill rises to 159 m in New York. Plateau Mountain stands 1,169 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jockey Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

Halihan Hill is a ridge located in the Catskill Mountains of New York east-northeast of Stony Hollow. Jockey Hill is located west and Mount Marion is located north-northeast of Halihan Hill.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34823025, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
159 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.98981, -74.01903

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Charles Street Park: 2.1 mi
  • High Woods Multiple Use Area: 2.6 mi
  • Charles Rider Park: 3.4 mi
  • LOUGHRAN PARK: 3.5 mi
  • Robert E. Post Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Glenerie Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Cliffs: 39
  • Trap Cliff: 5.1 mi
  • Ministers Face: 7.2 mi
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 7.4 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 9.4 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 9.6 mi
Museums: 34
Artworks: 25
Gardens: 23
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 5.4 mi
  • Rough Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Ellipse: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 5.0 mi
  • West Landing: 6.0 mi
  • South Landing: 6.0 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Hudson River Cruises: 5.3 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 9.8 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 14.4 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 14.5 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 16.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • Bear Wallow: 14.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.5 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 16.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Halihan Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Plateau MountainNW 322°1,168.91 m13.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNW 325°1,160 m11.9 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNNW 345°1,113.13 m12.3 mi
Twin MountainNNW 329°1,112.52 m11.0 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNNW 329°1,085 m10.4 mi
Indian Head MountainNNW 331°1,083 m10.0 mi
Roundtop MountainNNW 343°1,056.13 m12.9 mi
Olderbark MountainNW 314°1,048 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2119:5320:36
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357563251

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