Mount Zion
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
- 28.2 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Named places within 25 miles
- Roundtop: 2.4 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.3 mi
- Wheat Hill: 3.4 mi
- Sherman Hill: 3.6 mi
- Lawton Hill: 3.9 mi
- Russell Road Unit: 7.9 mi
- Freer Hollow Unit: 8.1 mi
- Couse Hill Unit: 8.1 mi
- Kerrs Creek Unit: 8.2 mi
- East Brook Unit: 8.4 mi
- 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
- Yager Hall - Library and Museum: 9.3 mi
- Oneonta History Centre: 9.4 mi
- Bainbridge Museum: 15.5 mi
- Hanford Mills Museum: 16.3 mi
- Chenango County Historical Society: 20.8 mi
- White Rock: 13.5 mi
- Golf Driving Range: 18.1 mi
- Site of the Prophet Trial: 19.3 mi
- Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble: 19.3 mi
- Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad: 20.5 mi
- Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 15.3 mi
- ww1: 20.7 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 23.8 mi
- statue of liberty replica: 9.4 mi
- Money Point: 20.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Mountain | ESE 120° | 749 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bear Spring Mountain | SSE 166° | 746 m | 15.1 mi |
| South Mountain | S 170° | 740 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Meredith | E 91° | 715 m | 12.7 mi |
| Big Tom | E 97° | 715 m | 15.3 mi |
| The Cobble | SE 127° | 714 m | 11.7 mi |
| Crane Hill | S 180° | 708 m | 15.1 mi |
| Loomis Mountain | S 182° | 689 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sidney, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 971886 — Mount Zion, Delaware County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598173
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