Mount Rutsen
Mount Rutsen rises to 102 m in New York. Indian Head Mountain stands 1,083 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert E. Post Memorial Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mount Rutsen is a mountain in New York. It is located in the 200-acre (0.81 km2) Ferncliff Forest, west-northwest of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County. The Mount Rutsen (Ferncliff) Fire Tower is located at the summit.
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Wikidata Q34883423, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 102 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 12 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 18 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 18 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert E. Post Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Charles Rider Park: 1.9 mi
- Rhinebeck Honor Roll: 2.2 mi
- Starr Park: 2.3 mi
- Sojourner Truth State Park: 2.4 mi
- Burger Hill: 3.7 mi
- Whaleback: 4.8 mi
- Halihan Hill: 5.2 mi
- Golden Hill: 5.5 mi
- Boice Hill: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Rondout Lighthouse: 3.9 mi
- Veterans' Monument: 4.0 mi
- Patriot Burials: 5.1 mi
- Shell Midden: 6.0 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 5.2 mi
- Coward's Falls: 7.0 mi
- Cantine Dam Falls: 8.0 mi
- Schalks Falls: 12.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 13.1 mi
- Turkey Point State Forest: 4.0 mi
- Northeastern Cave Conservancy: 4.8 mi
- High Banks Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Stonehouse Wood Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- Israel Wittman Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
- Trap Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Indian Rock: 8.7 mi
- Bard Rock: 10.6 mi
- Ministers Face: 11.8 mi
- Snake Rocks Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum: 3.3 mi
- Trolley Museum of New York: 3.7 mi
- Riverport Wooden Boat School: 3.8 mi
- Hudson River Maritime Museum: 3.8 mi
- The Story Studio: 3.9 mi
- Wishbone: 4.4 mi
- America: 4.4 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 5.2 mi
- Stargon: 5.2 mi
- Love is in the Air: 8.4 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Formal Gardens: 3.9 mi
- Ellipse: 3.9 mi
- Rough Garden: 3.9 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 4.1 mi
- Kingston Point Beach: 2.7 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 3.4 mi
- South Landing: 6.0 mi
- West Landing: 6.1 mi
- Flint Beach: 6.4 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 3.9 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 7.6 mi
- wings castle: 15.0 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 15.9 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 16.3 mi
- Bear Wallow: 18.7 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 20.0 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 21.2 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 24.8 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 8.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Mount Rutsen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Head Mountain | NW 319° | 1,083 m | 14.6 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | NW 316° | 956 m | 12.3 mi |
| Plattekill Mountain | NW 322° | 942 m | 13.2 mi |
| South Twin | NW 313° | 881 m | 14.8 mi |
| Hilltop | S 190° | 862 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Guardian | NW 306° | 640 m | 13.1 mi |
| Tonshi Mountain | WNW 283° | 607 m | 14.0 mi |
| Beetree Hill | WNW 296° | 554 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:53 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:43 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357583264
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