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Mount Tom

Mount Tom, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tom rises to 294 m in New York. Clove Mountain stands 426 m to the north-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Edward R Murrow Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Dutchess County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34883979, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
294 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.56509, -73.62235
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Edward R Murrow Park: 0.5 mi
  • Depot Hill Multiple Use Area: 2.8 mi
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Towne Center Park: 5.7 mi
  • Stormville Airport Soccer Fields: 6.1 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Friends of Great Swamp: 3.4 mi
  • Pawling Nature Reserve: 4.1 mi
  • West Mountain State Forest: 4.2 mi
  • Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy: 5.2 mi
  • Pawling Nature Reserve: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 7.3 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 9.0 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 9.9 mi
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 10.2 mi
  • Sgt. Mark C. Palmateer Memorial Park: 14.9 mi
Artworks: 53
  • greek letter pi: 13.6 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 14.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 17.2 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 18.3 mi
  • Dutchess County Map: 19.0 mi
Museums: 46
Gardens: 26
Waterfalls: 18
  • Upper Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Cascades: 10.6 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 17
Attractions: 15
Cliffs: 12
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 5.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 5.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Mount Tom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clove MountainNNW 337°426 m9.3 mi
Dennis HillN 358°416 m6.2 mi
Mount EgbertW 269°405 m3.7 mi
Observatory HillENE 69°405 m4.5 mi
Depot HillWNW 285°398 m2.8 mi
East MountainN 350°393 m7.2 mi
West MountainN 4°392 m6.7 mi
Nimham MountSW 217°388 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2119:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1915:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506067737264534132
Precip in3.73.44.03.83.64.54.43.85.14.73.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357593068

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