Hirams Knob
Hirams Knob rises to 879 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Haynes Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
The story
Hirams Knob is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York southeast of Mapledale. Balsam Lake Mountain is located southwest, and Haynes Mountain is located southeast of Hirams Knob.
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Wikidata Q34922499, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 879 m
How to reach it
- 25.0 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 28 mi
- Compass Rock · 30 mi
- White Dot · 30 mi
- Beacon Hill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Red Kill Unit: 4.3 mi
- McKinley Hollow Unit: 4.7 mi
- Covesville Unit: 4.7 mi
- Floyd Finch Road Unit: 4.8 mi
- Oliverea Unit: 4.8 mi
- Haynes Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Belleayre Gondola Peak: 2.4 mi
- Belle Ayr Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Balsam Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Otter Falls: 7.8 mi
- High Falls: 8.1 mi
- Cornell Falls: 11.0 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 11.5 mi
- Stratton Falls: 11.7 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 4.0 mi
- Smith Park: 4.1 mi
- Big Indian Park: 4.9 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 7.5 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 11.6 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 4.0 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 4.1 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 5.9 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 7.8 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 7.9 mi
- Giant Ledge: 8.6 mi
- Cornell Crack: 11.6 mi
- Samuels Point: 13.9 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 15.3 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 16.2 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 12.0 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 12.1 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 16.0 mi
- Pratt Museum: 16.0 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 18.4 mi
- Piped Spring: 7.5 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 11.6 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 16.6 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 16.9 mi
- Bear Wallow: 17.6 mi
- Winnisook: 5.0 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 11.6 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 15.9 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 17.4 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 22.2 mi
- Rail Explorers: 12.1 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 13.5 mi
- Pratt Rock: 15.8 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 19.5 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 4.0 mi
- Roscoe: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Hirams Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | SE 130° | 1,266 m | 10.5 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | S 172° | 1,180 m | 4.9 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | S 171° | 1,175 m | 5.2 mi |
| Graham Mountain | S 185° | 1,174 m | 4.1 mi |
| Balsam Lake Mountain | SW 217° | 1,136 m | 4.5 mi |
| Panther Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,135 m | 8.1 mi |
| Big Indian Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,127 m | 4.9 mi |
| Little Slide | SE 128° | 1,109 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952894 — Hirams Knob, Ulster County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357564716
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