Hemlock Mountain
Hemlock Mountain rises to 990 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the east-southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Hemlock Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Frost Valley. Spruce Mountain is located northwest, Wildcat Mountain is located southwest and Panther Mountain is located northeast of Hemlock Mountain.
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Wikidata Q34921769, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 990 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Falls · 20 mi
- Panther Rock · 20 mi
- Compass Rock · 22 mi
- White Dot · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spruce Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Winnisook Lake Mountain (Western Summit): 0.7 mi
- Winnisook Lake Mountain (Eastern Summit): 1.1 mi
- East Wildcat: 1.7 mi
- Fir Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Otter Falls: 1.6 mi
- Cornell Falls: 4.0 mi
- High Falls: 4.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.3 mi
- Vernooy Kill Falls: 10.3 mi
- McKinley Hollow Unit: 3.9 mi
- Oliverea Unit: 4.5 mi
- Red Hill Knolls Unit: 5.8 mi
- Woodland Valley Unit: 6.3 mi
- Indian Grove Unit: 6.4 mi
- Big Indian Park: 6.3 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 7.8 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 8.0 mi
- Parish Field: 8.2 mi
- Smith Park: 8.6 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 1.6 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 2.9 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 3.5 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 6.0 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 8.1 mi
- Giant Ledge: 2.9 mi
- Cornell Crack: 4.3 mi
- Samuels Point: 6.8 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 7.5 mi
- Snake Rocks Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 7.3 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 8.2 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 16.5 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 17.9 mi
- The Den of Marbletown: 19.0 mi
- Winnisook: 6.3 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 7.8 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 9.1 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 16.7 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 18.0 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 3.8 mi
- Piped Spring: 7.2 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 9.0 mi
- Bear Wallow: 9.8 mi
- Bear Wallow: 9.8 mi
- Rail Explorers: 8.2 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 8.2 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 19.7 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 20.4 mi
- Pratt Rock: 20.5 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 8.1 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 18.1 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 22.2 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 22.3 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 22.7 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 22.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 23.2 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Roscoe: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Hemlock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,266 m | 2.9 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,180 m | 4.7 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | W 279° | 1,175 m | 4.5 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | E 101° | 1,174 m | 4.3 mi |
| Graham Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,174 m | 5.9 mi |
| Table Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,165.86 m | 4.1 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,164.03 m | 4.6 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | E 94° | 1,152.75 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357564127
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