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High Tor

High Tor, seen from above at true elevation

High Tor rises to 244 m in New York. Rockhouse Mountain stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is South Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34922347, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
244 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.18732, -73.96514

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks
  • Brickhead Truth: 0.4 mi
  • River Arch: 5.3 mi
  • Arc: 6.8 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 7.6 mi
  • Approach: 7.7 mi
Parks
  • Haverstraw African American Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Community Park and Sandpit: 1.4 mi
  • Historical Society of Rockland County Grounds: 1.6 mi
  • Zukor Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kennedy-Dells Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Cliffs: 60
  • Scenic Overlook: 3.6 mi
  • Hell Hole: 9.6 mi
  • Pulpit: 9.8 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 10.0 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 10.0 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 16
  • Kakiat Park: 8.3 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 16.7 mi
  • Area B: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Farms Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 24.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of High Tor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rockhouse MountainWNW 299°387 m7.5 mi
Breakneck MountainW 277°384 m7.0 mi
Jackie Jones MountainWNW 294°383 m6.1 mi
West MountainNNW 340°382 m7.1 mi
Ladentown MountainW 279°378 m6.5 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainW 270°378 m6.9 mi
Big HillWNW 288°374 m6.3 mi
Cranberry MountainWNW 282°366 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952766 — High Tor, Rockland County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357564446

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