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Mount Merino

Mount Merino, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Merino rises to 153 m in New York. Black Dome stands 1,217 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Church Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34882433, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
153 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.23509, -73.81735
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Henry Hudson Riverfront Park: 1.6 mi
  • Washington Park: 1.7 mi
  • Washington Park: 1.8 mi
  • Promenade Hill Park: 1.8 mi
  • 7th Street Park: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 53
  • Buttermilk Falls: 5.9 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 8.6 mi
  • Glen Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 11.2 mi
  • Venus Bath: 11.3 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Kiwanis Olympic Torch Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Firemen's Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Town of Cairo: 9.7 mi
  • Otis Railroad Trestle: 11.1 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 11.5 mi
Museums: 33
Artworks: 19
Gardens: 13
  • The Upper Garden: 11.4 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 11.5 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • High Rocks: 11.6 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 14.4 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 14.7 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 15.2 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Oakdale Beach: 2.3 mi
  • West Beach: 11.2 mi
  • East Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 13.3 mi
  • West Landing: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 5
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 19.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Mount Merino. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black DomeW 279°1,217.37 m15.8 mi
Thomas Cole MountainW 279°1,204.87 m16.5 mi
BlackheadW 279°1,200.91 m14.9 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakWSW 250°1,113.13 m14.4 mi
Roundtop MountainWSW 252°1,056.13 m14.9 mi
Stoppel PointW 267°1,043 m12.7 mi
Arizona MountainW 277°1,038 m14.0 mi
Burnt KnobWNW 287°972 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2019:5320:36
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2215:4116:27

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 956985 — Mount Merino, Columbia County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357571299

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