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Mount Zion

Mount Zion, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Zion rises to 606 m in New York. Scotch Mountain stands 749 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Roundtop, a peak 2.4 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 28 miles off.

The story

Mount Zion is a small mountain chain in the Central New York region of New York. It is located southwest of Otego, New York. It is made of two main peaks. One is in Otsego County and the other, being the tallest at 1988 feet, in Delaware County.

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Wikidata Q30611649, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
606 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35758, -75.19239

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 40
  • fishing accesses: 2.7 mi
  • FISHING ACCESS: 2.8 mi
  • wells bridge memorilal park: 2.9 mi
  • Otego Municipal Park: 3.0 mi
  • Greens Park: 5.6 mi
Museums: 7
Attractions: 7
Historic sites: 4
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 15.3 mi
  • ww1: 20.7 mi
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • statue of liberty replica: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Mount Zion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scotch MountainESE 120°749 m16.1 mi
Bear Spring MountainSSE 166°746 m15.1 mi
South MountainS 170°740 m15.3 mi
Mount MeredithE 91°715 m12.7 mi
Big TomE 97°715 m15.3 mi
The CobbleSE 127°714 m11.7 mi
Crane HillS 180°708 m15.1 mi
Loomis MountainS 182°689 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2519:5920:42
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2715:4616:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331445664696760493728
Precip in2.92.43.33.93.94.94.54.83.94.33.33.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sidney, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 971886 — Mount Zion, Delaware County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357598173

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