Mount Pisgah
Mount Pisgah rises to 887 m in New York. Black Dome stands 1,217 m to the southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Richtmyer Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mount Pisgah is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York north of Windham. Steenburg Mountain is located northwest, Richtmyer Peak is located west, and Mount Nebo is located southeast of Mount Pisgah.
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Wikidata Q34883107, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 887 m
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Richtmyer Peak: 1.0 mi
- Mount Nebo: 1.4 mi
- Richmond Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mount Hayden: 1.8 mi
- Steenburg Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mill Street Unit: 1.9 mi
- South Mountain Extension Unit: 2.4 mi
- Mitchell Hollow Unit: 2.7 mi
- Steenburg Mountain Unit: 2.7 mi
- Blodgett Road Unit: 2.8 mi
- Ashland Park: 7.0 mi
- C.D. Lane Park: 7.3 mi
- Irish Cultural Center: 8.2 mi
- Mine Kill State Park: 11.6 mi
- Mountain Top Arboretum: 12.3 mi
- Red Falls: 8.8 mi
- Manor Kill Falls: 9.4 mi
- Rensselaerville Upper Falls: 10.8 mi
- Rensselaerville Middle Falls: 10.8 mi
- Hardenburg Falls: 10.9 mi
- Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 2.5 mi
- Susquehanna Turnpike: 3.7 mi
- Huyck Felt Mill Ruins: 10.9 mi
- Hamlet of Rensselaerville: 11.0 mi
- Eleazer Knowles: 11.1 mi
- Durham Center Museum: 6.0 mi
- Pratt Museum: 10.5 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 10.5 mi
- Gilboa Museum: 10.6 mi
- Rensselaerville Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 9.7 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 15.5 mi
- Vromans Nose: 15.7 mi
- The Cliff: 16.2 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 17.1 mi
- Pratt Rock: 10.2 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 12.0 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 15.4 mi
- Rail Explorers: 20.8 mi
- Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park: 22.3 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 12.3 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 20.8 mi
- Winnisook: 21.5 mi
- I ♥ NY: 22.8 mi
- The Great Knot: 23.7 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 6.3 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 14.6 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 19.3 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 11.1 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 20.9 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 21.7 mi
- Veterans Garden: 13.8 mi
- Wildlife Garden: 24.1 mi
- Water Garden: 24.1 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Mount Pisgah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dome | SE 140° | 1,217 m | 9.7 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | SE 143° | 1,205 m | 9.3 mi |
| Blackhead | SE 137° | 1,201 m | 10.4 mi |
| Camel's Hump | SSE 146° | 1,095 m | 8.8 mi |
| Windham High Peak | SE 130° | 1,077 m | 6.8 mi |
| Huntersfield Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,043 m | 5.4 mi |
| Arizona Mountain | SE 136° | 1,038 m | 11.4 mi |
| Evergreen Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,027 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960635 — Mount Pisgah, Greene County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357577361
Day trips start here
- Kinderhook · 29 mi
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