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Little Rocky Mountain

Little Rocky Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Rocky Mountain rises to 930 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Olderbark Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34924614, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
930 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.11509, -74.20403

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bearsville Park: 5.8 mi
  • Parish Field: 5.9 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 6.1 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 6.2 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 55
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 33
Cliffs: 18
  • Devils Tombstone: 2.8 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 6.3 mi
  • Ministers Face: 6.6 mi
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 6.7 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 16
Beaches: 16
  • Saugerties Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 13.8 mi
  • West Landing: 15.0 mi
  • South Landing: 15.0 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 11
  • The Walled Garden: 14.8 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Rough Garden: 16.2 mi
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 3.8 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 13.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 5.9 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.2 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 13.2 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 17.5 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Little Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNW 343°1,228.34 m4.5 mi
West Kill MountainNW 310°1,186 m5.7 mi
Plateau MountainNE 44°1,168.91 m2.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 68°1,160 m3.0 mi
Wittenberg MountainSW 225°1,152.75 m10.4 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNW 328°1,140 m3.8 mi
Panther MountainWSW 248°1,135.08 m10.6 mi
Rusk MountainNNW 328°1,123.493 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4316:29

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 955666 — Little Rocky Mountain, Greene County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357569399

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