Mount Peter
Mount Peter rises to 370 m in New York. Taylor Mountain stands 454 m to the southwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
Mount Peter is a 1,250-foot (380 m) mountain located in the New York – New Jersey Highlands, Bellvale Mountain, in the U.S. state of New York. The peak is located along the Appalachian Trail in the Town of Warwick, just south of New York State Route 17A, 38 miles (61 km) northwest of New York City, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Bellvale, New York and north northwest of Greenwood Lake, New York. The mountain is named after an early pioneer to the area, Peter Conklin. A hawkwatch tower occupies a summit just north of Mount Peter; below the tower the Bellvale Farms Creamery serves hikers and passing motorists. A small ski area occupies the northward-facing slope of the mountain.
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Wikidata Q6922721, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 370 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 21.1 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 24.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 8 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 23 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lion's Field Park: 1.1 mi
- Warwick Township Veterans Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- Lewis Woodlands: 3.7 mi
- Lewis Park: 3.7 mi
- New York Renaissance Faire: 3.2 mi
- Ringwood Manor: 7.3 mi
- Lockheed Constellation: 8.2 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 8.5 mi
- Brick Party: 9.6 mi
- Southfields Furnace: 5.7 mi
- Augusta Furnace: 6.3 mi
- Old Pharmacy: 6.7 mi
- Long Pond Ironworks: 6.7 mi
- William Henry Seward Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Bare Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Warwick Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Tiger Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bellvale Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway: 0.3 mi
- Wanaque Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Stony Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.0 mi
- Highlands Meadow: 7.8 mi
- Random Woods: 9.2 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 11.1 mi
- Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame: 11.3 mi
- Mahwah Museum: 12.7 mi
- The Pines Museum: 13.6 mi
- Oakland Historical Society: 14.9 mi
- Wine and Design Warwick: 4.4 mi
- Eagles: 8.3 mi
- Diana: 8.5 mi
- Swan Boy: 8.6 mi
- Four Continents Statues: 8.8 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 7.1 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 8.3 mi
- Crumbling Under Pressure: 9.0 mi
- Gravitas Wall: 9.0 mi
- Party Wall: 9.0 mi
- Upper Greenwood Lake Beach: 5.7 mi
- Wawayanda Beach: 8.1 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 8.4 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 8.8 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 6: 9.7 mi
- Daffodil Hill: 8.4 mi
- Barberry Collection: 8.4 mi
- Winter Garden: 8.4 mi
- Octagonal Garden: 8.5 mi
- Annual Garden: 8.5 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Kakiat Park: 11.3 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 6.5 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 12.2 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 13.8 mi
- Otter Hole: 13.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 18.3 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 20.3 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 20.3 mi
- Pike Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
- Monksville: 8.1 mi
- Doodletown: 15.5 mi
- New City Village: 16.2 mi
- Rail-Trail Spring: 22.5 mi
- Artesian Spring: 23.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mount Peter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Mountain | SW 236° | 454 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bearfort Mountain | SW 217° | 445 m | 8.8 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | E 90° | 421 m | 8.1 mi |
| Warwick Mountain | WSW 250° | 410 m | 3.0 mi |
| Bellvale Mountain | SSW 213° | 406 m | 3.1 mi |
| Island Pond Mountain | E 80° | 398 m | 8.4 mi |
| Surebridge Mountain | E 84° | 391 m | 8.4 mi |
| Tom Jones Mountain | E 97° | 387 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357576695
Day trips start here
- Suffern · 12 mi
- Monsey · 14 mi
- Passaic County · 15 mi
- Rockland County · 15 mi
- Skylands · 15 mi
- Spring Valley · 15 mi
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