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Johns Mountain

Johns Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34876823, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
466 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05198, -74.18102

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Cliffs: 39
  • 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
Museums: 35
Artworks: 22
Beaches: 21
  • 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
Gardens: 18
  • 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
Attractions: 12
  • 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
Springs: 8
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNW 344°1,228.34 m9.1 mi
West Kill MountainNW 325°1,186 m9.8 mi
Cornell MountainWSW 249°1,174 m9.6 mi
Plateau MountainN 3°1,168.91 m5.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNE 16°1,160 m5.7 mi
Wittenberg MountainWSW 251°1,152.75 m9.1 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNW 337°1,140 m8.3 mi
Panther MountainW 272°1,135.08 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

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, 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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