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Mount Rutsen

Mount Rutsen, a peak in New York
Mount Rutsen, a peak in New YorkDaniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

About

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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
102 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.95687, -73.92717

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 60
  • Glenerie Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 36
Museums: 35
Artworks: 24
  • 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
Gardens: 23
  • 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
Beaches: 20
  • 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
Attractions: 12
  • 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
Springs: 5
  • Bear Wallow: 18.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 18.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 21.2 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Mount Rutsen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian Head MountainNW 319°1,083 m14.6 mi
Overlook MountainNW 316°956 m12.3 mi
Plattekill MountainNW 322°942 m13.2 mi
South TwinNW 313°880.8 m14.8 mi
HilltopS 190°862 m13.0 mi
Mount GuardianNW 306°640 m13.1 mi
Tonshi MountainWNW 283°607 m14.0 mi
Little Tonshi MountainWNW 282°553 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2119:5320:35
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357583264

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