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Mount Don Bosco

Mount Don Bosco, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Don Bosco rises to 572 m in New York. Table Mountain stands 1,166 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Rock, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34881053, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
572 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.68676, -74.36599

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Berrypicker Shack: 0.9 mi
  • High Point Fire Tower Site: 1.8 mi
  • Heroes’ Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Bear: 3.1 mi
  • Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Bear Hill Preserve (Cragsmoor Free Library): 2.0 mi
  • Open Space Institute lands: 2.4 mi
  • Witch's Hole State Forest: 2.7 mi
  • Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.0 mi
  • OSI: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • Berme Road Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mill Street Park: 2.2 mi
  • Liberty Square: 2.5 mi
  • Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 2.6 mi
  • Mildred & Louis Resnick Park: 2.6 mi
Artworks: 59
Cliffs: 35
Museums: 34
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Napanoch Station: 3.7 mi
  • Pine Bush UFO Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Fire Department Museum: 12.8 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 29
Attractions: 28
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 2.5 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 9.7 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 12.9 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 13.4 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 22
Beaches: 15
Springs: 7
  • Box Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Rail-Trail Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Mount Don Bosco. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainN 354°1,165.86 m18.9 mi
Peekamoose MountainN 355°1,164.03 m18.5 mi
Lone MountainN 356°1,127.76 m19.6 mi
Balsam CapN 1°1,099.72 m20.1 mi
Rocky MountainN 359°1,062.84 m19.8 mi
Van Wyck MountainN 349°976 m18.7 mi
Ashokan High PointNNE 14°939 m16.9 mi
Woodhull MountainNNW 344°931 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2419:5420:36
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2215:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937496069737164534232
Precip in3.83.24.34.04.04.84.74.85.25.23.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 948564 — Mount Don Bosco, Ulster County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357556886

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