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Kykuit

Kykuit, seen from above at true elevation

Kykuit rises to 60 m in New York. Black Dome stands 1,217 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Elliott Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.

About

The story

Kykuit is a mountain in Greene County, New York. It is located in the Catskill Mountains south of Catskill. Kalkberg is located west-southwest of Kykuit.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49042739, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
60 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.20370, -73.87485

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Elliott Park: 0.8 mi
  • Dutchman's Landing Park: 1.2 mi
  • Ernest R. Lasher Jr. Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Roe-Jan Kill Park: 3.8 mi
  • Henry Hudson Riverfront Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Seward's Island: 2.6 mi
  • Catskill Forest Preserve Detatched Parcel: 3.2 mi
  • Cohotate Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Brandow Point Unique Area: 3.9 mi
  • Catskill Forest Preserve Detatched Parcel: 5.3 mi
Waterfalls: 51
  • Ashley Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Glen Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 8.6 mi
  • Venus Bath: 8.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • Kiwanis Olympic Torch Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Firemen's Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Otis Railroad Trestle: 7.8 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 8.2 mi
  • Town of Cairo: 8.5 mi
Museums: 32
Artworks: 18
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 8.3 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 8.4 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 12.7 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Oakdale Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 10.0 mi
  • West Beach: 11.2 mi
  • West Landing: 11.3 mi
  • South Landing: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Hurricane Ledge: 10.9 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 11.0 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 11.5 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 11.7 mi
  • Ministers Face: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Old Game Farm: 7.2 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 20.5 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 23.7 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 23.8 mi
  • trail parking: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Kykuit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black DomeWNW 290°1,217.37 m13.5 mi
Thomas Cole MountainWNW 289°1,204.87 m14.1 mi
BlackheadWNW 291°1,200.91 m12.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 251°1,160 m15.0 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakWSW 255°1,113.13 m10.9 mi
Twin MountainWSW 248°1,112.52 m14.1 mi
Camel's HumpWNW 288°1,095.4 m14.8 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitWSW 245°1,085 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2019:5320:36
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2215:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506170747265534232
Precip in2.72.63.33.63.55.03.94.54.34.23.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hudson Correctional Facility, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357596210

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