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Lone Mountain

Lone Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Lone Mountain rises to 1,128 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

Lone Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. Lone Mountain is flanked to the southwest by Table Mountain, and to the east by Rocky Mountain. The southeast side of Lone Mountain drains into Rondout Creek, thence into the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The west side of Lone Mtn. drains into Donovan Brook, thence into the East Branch of the Neversink River, the Delaware River, and into Delaware Bay. The north side of Lone Mtn. drains into the East Branch of the Neversink. Lone Mountain is within the Slide Mountain Wilderness of New York's Catskill State Park.

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Wikidata Q6671314, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1127.76 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.96918, -74.39003

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Otter Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 6.8 mi
  • High Falls: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 5.7 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 7.4 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 8.2 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 8.8 mi
  • Parish Field: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 57
Cliffs: 41
Museums: 30
Beaches: 18
Artworks: 15
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 7.7 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 8.7 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 15.8 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 17.1 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 10
  • Butterfly Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 21.1 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 22.5 mi
  • Buddah Garden: 23.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Table Mountain Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 6.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 6.1 mi
  • Piped Spring: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Lone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainN 6°1,266 m2.1 mi
Doubletop MountainWNW 300°1,180 m8.2 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakWNW 298°1,175 m7.9 mi
Cornell MountainNE 38°1,174 m2.8 mi
Graham MountainWNW 301°1,174 m9.5 mi
Table MountainSW 226°1,165.86 m1.1 mi
Peekamoose MountainSSW 201°1,164.03 m1.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainNE 39°1,152.75 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5520:37
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 955819 — Lone Mountain, Ulster County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357569520

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