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Mount Zoar

Mount Zoar, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Zoar rises to 832 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Jennie Notch Unit, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34928436, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
832 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.33647, -74.17375

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • C.D. Lane Park: 3.4 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 5.0 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 8.3 mi
  • Ashland Park: 8.7 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • East Kill Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Glen Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Venus Bath: 9.7 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 9.7 mi
  • Winter Clove falls: 10.0 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 2.1 mi
  • Susquehanna Turnpike: 4.3 mi
  • Early Sawmill: 8.5 mi
  • Eleazer Knowles: 8.5 mi
  • Edwin L Drake: 9.5 mi
Museums: 28
  • Durham Center Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Piano Performance Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Mountain Top Historical Society: 10.6 mi
  • Rensselaerville Historical Society: 12.5 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 22
Artworks: 13
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 12.8 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Veterans Garden: 13.7 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 21.6 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 21.7 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 23.7 mi
  • Water Garden: 23.7 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Mount Zoar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainSSW 195°1,228.34 m11.3 mi
Black DomeSSE 150°1,217.37 m5.3 mi
Thomas Cole MountainSSE 157°1,204.87 m5.0 mi
BlackheadSE 143°1,200.91 m5.9 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSSW 197°1,140 m12.6 mi
Rusk MountainSSW 210°1,123.493 m10.8 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakSSE 158°1,113.13 m13.0 mi
East RuskSSW 205°1,105.814 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5520:38
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4216:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357598180

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