Lyon Mountain
Lyon Mountain rises to 426 m in New York. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the south-southeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pumpkin Hollow, a peak 1.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.
The story
Lyon Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south of Hobart. Cowan Mountain is located east of Lyon Mountain and Griffin Hill is located north.
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Wikidata Q34926413, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 426 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 26.6 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pumpkin Hollow: 1.8 mi
- Shepard Hill: 2.3 mi
- Kijk-Uit Mountain: 2.3 mi
- White Hill: 2.5 mi
- Scutt Hill: 4.0 mi
- Berkshire Hills Sculpture Garden: 2.2 mi
- Circle Museum Sculpture Park: 3.5 mi
- French Park: 4.7 mi
- Botham Park: 5.5 mi
- Spencertown Public Park: 6.4 mi
- Egremont Wildlife Refuge: 4.2 mi
- Alford Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Green River Access: 4.4 mi
- Alford Springs: 4.8 mi
- Elizabeth Woods Wildlife Conservation Easement: 5.1 mi
- Circle Museum: 3.5 mi
- Gallery: 3.5 mi
- Austerlitz Historical Society: 5.8 mi
- Chesterwood Museum: 8.9 mi
- Chesterwood: 9.4 mi
- Copake Iron Furnace: 7.7 mi
- Searles Castle: 8.5 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 9.0 mi
- Rostrum: 11.3 mi
- Butler Seat: 11.3 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 7.1 mi
- Naked Lady: 7.3 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 8.3 mi
- The Second Station - Jesus Accepts His Cross: 11.4 mi
- The Third Station - Jesus Falls the First Time: 11.4 mi
- High Falls Waterfall: 6.7 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 8.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 10.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 11.0 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 7.5 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 11.3 mi
- Edith Wharton's Home: 14.0 mi
- balanced rock: 15.4 mi
- concrete bases: 15.4 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 10.6 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 11.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 14.0 mi
- Heritage Garden: 15.5 mi
- The Upper Garden: 22.7 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 13.3 mi
- East Beach: 13.5 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 13.7 mi
- West Beach: 14.1 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 23.1 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 9.3 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- High Rocks: 19.7 mi
- Clover Mountain: 19.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 9.6 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 15.2 mi
- Questing: 15.7 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 20.8 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Lyon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | SSE 153° | 793 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Race | SSE 156° | 723 m | 11.2 mi |
| Alander Mountain | S 175° | 680 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Undine | SSE 151° | 669 m | 9.1 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | NE 41° | 627 m | 7.5 mi |
| South Pinnacle | SSE 150° | 626 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Darby | SSE 155° | 619 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Sterling | SSE 156° | 606 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357569971
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 8 mi
- Stockbridge · 11 mi
- Kinderhook · 15 mi
- Lee · 15 mi
- Lenox · 15 mi
- Monterey · 16 mi
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