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Illinois Mountain

Illinois Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Illinois Mountain rises to 343 m in New York. Hilltop stands 862 m to the north-northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Lloyd, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.

About

The story

Illinois Mountain is a 1,125-foot-tall (343 m) mountain located south of the Catskill Mountains of New York west of Poughkeepsie in the town of Lloyd. Illinois Mountain is north of Marlboro Mountain. It contains 280 acres of protected parkland with hiking trails, managed by Scenic Hudson. The Town of Lloyd maintains reservoirs and water infrastructure on the mountain. There is a radio tower and other towers at the top of the mountain. There is a gated service road leading to the top.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34824760, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
343 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72037, -73.99486

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Berean Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tony Williams Town Park: 1.1 mi
  • Bob Shepard Highland Landing Park: 2.4 mi
  • Johnson-Iorio Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Longview Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Sojourner Truth Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Dutchess County Map: 3.1 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 3.2 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 3.6 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 53
Nature reserves
Museums: 45
Cliffs: 33
Waterfalls: 23
  • LG waterfall: 4.5 mi
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 9.2 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 10.4 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 12.2 mi
Gardens: 22
Beaches: 18
  • Berean Park Beach: 0.9 mi
  • East Cove Beach: 7.6 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 7.6 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Private Beach: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 5.2 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 5.3 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 6.5 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 9.1 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 10.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Bear Wallow: 20.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Illinois Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HilltopNNE862 m3.7 mi
Murray HillW615 m15.7 mi
South Beacon MountainS491 m16.7 mi
Millbrook MountainW489 m11.9 mi
North Beacon MountainS465 m16.2 mi
Bald HillSSE456 m15.6 mi
Lambs HillSSE454 m15.9 mi
Clove MountainE426 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2219:5320:35
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068737264524233
Precip in3.52.83.53.93.54.64.54.34.64.63.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poughkeepsie, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 953592 — Illinois Mountain, Ulster County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357566008

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