Johns Mountain
Johns Mountain rises to 466 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Beetree Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Johns Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Wittenberg. Beetree Hill is located west, and Mount Tobias is located west-northwest of Johns Mountain.
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Wikidata Q34876823, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 466 m
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 16 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 20 mi
- Copes Lookout · 20 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beetree Hill: 0.4 mi
- Roundtop Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Acorn Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Tobias: 1.8 mi
- Snake Rocks: 2.2 mi
- Bearsville Park: 1.7 mi
- Rick Volz Field: 2.1 mi
- The Comeau Property: 2.9 mi
- Woodstock Waterfall Park: 3.3 mi
- Andy Lee Field: 3.3 mi
- Snake Rocks Preserve: 2.2 mi
- South Yankeetown Pond Unit: 2.3 mi
- Wittenberg Unit: 2.4 mi
- Willow Unit: 2.6 mi
- Mount Guardian Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Black Chasm Falls: 6.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 7.4 mi
- Plattekill Falls: 7.4 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 7.4 mi
- Lower Ghost (Japanese) Falls: 7.4 mi
- Keegan Bell: 3.3 mi
- Woodstock Veterans' War Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 5.7 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 7.2 mi
- Boarding House: 7.3 mi
- Snake Rocks Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Ministers Face: 5.4 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 7.2 mi
- The "Great" Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 7.5 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 3.3 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 6.8 mi
- Hurley Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 10.9 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 11.3 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 5.8 mi
- The Great Knot: 7.2 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 7.3 mi
- Opus 40: 7.6 mi
- The Query Family: 7.7 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 11.8 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 12.5 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 12.6 mi
- West Landing: 13.0 mi
- South Landing: 13.0 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 12.1 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- The Walled Garden: 13.7 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 13.7 mi
- Rough Garden: 13.7 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 5.4 mi
- Rail Explorers: 6.8 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 13.8 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 15.6 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 16.6 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 8.3 mi
- Bear Wallow: 10.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 11.2 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 13.3 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 17.5 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 13.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Johns Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,228 m | 9.1 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | NW 325° | 1,186 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,174 m | 9.6 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | N 3° | 1,169 m | 5.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,160 m | 5.7 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,153 m | 9.1 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,140 m | 8.3 mi |
| Panther Mountain | W 272° | 1,135 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 954097 — Johns Mountain, Ulster County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357566931
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