Houck Mountain
Houck Mountain rises to 748 m in New York. Brock Mountain stands 841 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Beerston Unit, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34824232, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 748 m
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 24.7 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Beerston Unit: 1.8 mi
- Tower Mountain Unit: 3.3 mi
- Mountain Top Unit: 3.5 mi
- Colchester Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.5 mi
- Fish Brook Unit: 3.6 mi
- South Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Rock Rift Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Crane Hill: 2.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.9 mi
- More Park: 3.8 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Upper Basset Park: 4.1 mi
- Bassett Park: 4.1 mi
- Austin Lincoln Park: 4.7 mi
- White Rock: 4.2 mi
- Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble: 20.7 mi
- Site of the Prophet Trial: 21.1 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 21.1 mi
- Joshia Stowell Home & Farm: 23.5 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 12.8 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 14.5 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 17.2 mi
- Bainbridge Museum: 21.2 mi
- Oneonta History Centre: 24.0 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 9.9 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 10.8 mi
- Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 19.1 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 24.2 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 13.2 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 16.6 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 19.7 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 22.8 mi
- Money Point: 7.8 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 13.7 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 8.1 mi
- Roscoe: 19.3 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 17.2 mi
- statue of liberty replica: 23.9 mi
- Piped Spring: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Houck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Mountain | ESE 110° | 841 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cherry Ridge | SE 126° | 801 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cherry Ridge | SE 124° | 793 m | 10.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ENE 68° | 783 m | 9.5 mi |
| Starkweather Hill | ENE 77° | 776 m | 5.0 mi |
| Brock Mountain | ESE 108° | 766 m | 13.1 mi |
| Brock Mountain | ESE 108° | 763 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bryden Hill | E 84° | 758 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:47 | 16:32 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walton 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357565542
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