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Mount Hayden

Mount Hayden, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Hayden rises to 893 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Nebo, a peak 0.5 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.

The story

Mount Hayden is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Windham. Mount Nebo is located north-northwest, and Ginseng Mountain is located southeast of Mount Hayden.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34881497, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
893 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35869, -74.21903

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • C.D. Lane Park: 5.5 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 6.8 mi
  • Ashland Park: 7.2 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 10.6 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 49
  • Red Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Manor Kill Falls: 10.8 mi
  • East Kill Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Rensselaerville Upper Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Rensselaerville Middle Falls: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 0.7 mi
  • Susquehanna Turnpike: 3.5 mi
  • Eleazer Knowles: 10.1 mi
  • Early Sawmill: 10.1 mi
  • Edwin L Drake: 10.8 mi
Museums: 26
  • Durham Center Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Piano Performance Museum: 10.1 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Rensselaerville Historical Society: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 20
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 7
Beaches: 5
  • Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 11.8 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 20.6 mi
  • Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 23.7 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Veterans Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 24.0 mi
  • Water Garden: 24.1 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 24.3 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 24.3 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Mount Hayden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainS 183°1,228.34 m12.5 mi
Black DomeSE 141°1,217.37 m7.9 mi
Thomas Cole MountainSE 145°1,204.87 m7.4 mi
BlackheadSE 137°1,200.91 m8.6 mi
Rusk MountainSSW 195°1,123.493 m11.3 mi
East RuskS 191°1,105.814 m11.1 mi
Camel's HumpSSE 150°1,095.4 m7.0 mi
Windham High PeakSE 128°1,077 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5520:38
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2415:4216:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357563917

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