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Mount Ida

Mount Ida, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Ida rises to 94 m in New York. Harvey Mountain stands 627 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Livingston Parkway Circle, a park 1.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34881786, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
94 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.26148, -73.73207

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Livingston Parkway Circle: 1.7 mi
  • Livingston Parkway Circle Park: 1.7 mi
  • Wortman Square: 2.1 mi
  • Harrier Hill Park: 2.7 mi
  • 7th Street Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 52
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.3 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 4.3 mi
  • Glen Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 15.6 mi
  • Venus Bath: 15.8 mi
Historic sites: 44
Artworks: 37
Museums: 29
Gardens: 15
  • The Upper Garden: 15.3 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 18.1 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • High Rocks: 11.0 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 19.1 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 19.4 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 19.9 mi
  • Trap Cliff: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 9
Beaches: 8
  • Oakdale Beach: 2.5 mi
  • East Beach: 11.9 mi
  • West Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 17.3 mi
  • West Landing: 18.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 20.8 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 22.7 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 17.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Mount Ida. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Harvey MountainENE 77°627 m16.1 mi
Mount SterlingESE 122°606 m16.1 mi
Pinnacle PointENE 77°595 m15.1 mi
Mount EthelSE 126°588 m16.0 mi
Prospect HillESE 123°582 m15.0 mi
Mount FrayESE 119°580 m14.7 mi
Bash Bish MountainSE 131°579 m16.0 mi
Cedar MountainSE 128°570 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1919:5320:36
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2115:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506170747265534232
Precip in2.72.63.33.63.55.03.94.54.34.23.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hudson Correctional Facility, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357565984

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