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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

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Coordinates41.98981, -74.01903

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
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: 21
  • 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: 20
  • 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: 5
  • Bear Wallow: 14.5 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 16.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 23.1 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 MountainNW1,169 m13.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNW1,160 m11.9 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNNW1,113 m12.3 mi
Twin MountainNNW1,113 m11.0 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNNW1,085 m10.4 mi
Indian Head MountainNNW1,083 m10.0 mi
Olderbark MountainNW1,048 m12.3 mi
Spruce TopNW1,030 m13.5 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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