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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

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
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: 21
  • 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: 21
  • 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: 7
  • Bear Wallow: 12.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 15.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Jockey Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Plateau MountainNNW1,169 m12.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW1,160 m11.1 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakN1,113 m12.1 mi
Twin MountainNNW1,113 m10.3 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNNW1,085 m9.7 mi
Indian Head MountainNNW1,083 m9.4 mi
Olderbark MountainNW1,048 m11.2 mi
Spruce TopNNW1,030 m12.7 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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