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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: 49
  • 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: 37
  • 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: 20
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 9
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 DomeSE 142°1,217.37 m8.3 mi
Thomas Cole MountainSE 146°1,204.87 m7.9 mi
BlackheadSE 139°1,200.91 m9.0 mi
Rusk MountainSSW 194°1,123.493 m11.7 mi
East RuskS 190°1,105.814 m11.6 mi
Camel's HumpSSE 151°1,095.4 m7.5 mi
Windham High PeakSE 131°1,077 m5.3 mi
Huntersfield MountainW 264°1,043 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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