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Jockey Hill

Jockey Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Jockey Hill rises to 177 m in New York. Plateau Mountain stands 1,169 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Halihan Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

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The story

Jockey Hill is a ridge located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Stony Hollow. Gallis Hill is located south-southwest, and Halihan Hill is located east of Jockey Hill.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34876668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
177 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.98815, -74.05320

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Waterfalls
  • Coward's Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
Cliffs: 39
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 5.8 mi
  • Ministers Face: 6.7 mi
  • Trap Cliff: 6.8 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 9.2 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 9.5 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 25
Gardens: 23
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 7.1 mi
  • Rough Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Ellipse: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 6.1 mi
  • West Landing: 7.5 mi
  • South Landing: 7.5 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Hudson River Cruises: 6.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 10.3 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 12.7 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 13.6 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 14.5 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bear Wallow: 12.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 15.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Jockey Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Plateau MountainNNW 329°1,168.91 m12.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 333°1,160 m11.1 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakN 353°1,113.13 m12.1 mi
Twin MountainNNW 338°1,112.52 m10.3 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNNW 338°1,085 m9.7 mi
Indian Head MountainNNW 340°1,083 m9.4 mi
Roundtop MountainN 350°1,056.13 m12.6 mi
Olderbark MountainNW 321°1,048 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2219:5420:36
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357566771

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