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Little Cathead Mountain

Little Cathead Mountain, a peak in New York
Little Cathead Mountain, a peak in New YorkAndy Arthur · CC BY 2.0

Little Cathead Mountain rises to 638 m in New York. Swart Mountain stands 933 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathead Mountain Primitive Area, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 3.9 miles off.

The story

Little Cathead Mountain is a summit located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Benson northeast of the hamlet of Upper Benson.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34826347, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
638 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.26174, -74.30847

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Waterfront Park: 7.4 mi
  • Parker's Corner Park: 8.9 mi
  • Edinburg Town Park: 11.9 mi
  • Nathan Littauer Park: 13.3 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Historic sites: 25
Waterfalls: 14
  • West Stoney Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
  • first falls: 9.0 mi
  • second falls: 9.6 mi
  • third falls: 9.7 mi
  • Auger Falls: 14.6 mi
Museums: 14
Cliffs: 7
  • Lost Hunter's: 10.6 mi
  • Lost T: 10.8 mi
  • McMartin: 11.1 mi
  • Choss Factory: 12.7 mi
  • Echo Cliff: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 22.4 mi
  • I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 22.3 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Little Cathead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Swart MountainNNW 339°933 m10.0 mi
Dugway MountainNNW 335°904 m9.0 mi
Three Ponds MountainNW 310°890 m4.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 301°874 m5.6 mi
Blue Ridge MountainWNW 282°866 m4.9 mi
Pigeon MountainWSW 250°850 m6.1 mi
Moose MountainWNW 297°847 m8.9 mi
North Branch MountainWNW 282°829 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:10
June solstice05:1819:5820:42
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395362666457443323
Precip in3.93.53.74.44.54.94.84.14.34.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 955481 — Little Cathead Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357569233

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