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Mount Nebo

Mount Nebo, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Nebo rises to 817 m in New York. Black Dome stands 1,217 m to the southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hayden, a peak 0.5 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.

The story

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

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34882726, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
817 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36592, -74.22181

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • C.D. Lane Park: 6.0 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 7.0 mi
  • Ashland Park: 7.3 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 11.1 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 48
  • Red Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Manor Kill Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Rensselaerville Upper Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Rensselaerville Middle Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Rensselaerville Lower Falls: 11.1 mi
Historic sites: 35
  • Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 1.1 mi
  • Susquehanna Turnpike: 3.2 mi
  • Eleazer Knowles: 10.1 mi
  • Early Sawmill: 10.1 mi
  • Edwin L Drake: 10.7 mi
Museums: 26
  • Durham Center Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Piano Performance Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Rensselaerville Historical Society: 11.2 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 8
Beaches: 5
  • Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 11.4 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 21.8 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 24.0 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Veterans Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 23.8 mi
  • Water Garden: 23.8 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 24.8 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 24.8 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Mount Nebo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black DomeSE1,217 m8.3 mi
Thomas Cole MountainSE1,205 m7.9 mi
BlackheadSE1,201 m9.0 mi
Rusk MountainSSW1,123 m11.7 mi
East RuskS1,106 m11.6 mi
Camel's HumpSSE1,095 m7.5 mi
Windham High PeakSE1,077 m5.3 mi
Huntersfield MountainW1,043 m6.4 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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 958319 — Mount Nebo, Greene County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357572954

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