North Beacon Mountain
North Beacon Mountain rises to 465 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the south, 0.5 miles off. The nearest named place is American revolution signal Beacon monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34886101, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 465 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 21 mi
- Hawkwatch · 21 mi
- High Exposure · 21 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- American revolution signal Beacon monument: 0.0 mi
- Beacon Hill Incline Railway Powerhouse: 0.4 mi
- The Mt. Beacon Eight: 1.5 mi
- City of Beacon War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Mount Culian: 2.8 mi
- South Beacon Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Lambs Hill: 1.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 1.7 mi
- Breakneck Ridge: 2.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Roundhouse Trail: 1.4 mi
- Madam Brett Homestead: 1.4 mi
- Madame Brett Park: 1.5 mi
- Beacon Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- South Avenue Park: 1.9 mi
- Stonykill Environmental Education Center: 4.0 mi
- Roe Park: 5.1 mi
- Open Space Institute: 5.2 mi
- Taconic Unit: 6.9 mi
- Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation: 7.1 mi
- Thayer Statue: 6.6 mi
- Washington Monument: 6.7 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 6.7 mi
- General Patton: 6.7 mi
- Day Game: 7.0 mi
- Dia:Beacon: 2.1 mi
- Van Wyck Homestead Museum: 3.8 mi
- Magazzino: 4.3 mi
- Motorcyclepedia Museum: 4.5 mi
- Putnam History Museum: 5.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Hell Hole: 11.6 mi
- Kaal Rock: 14.9 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 18.7 mi
- Millbrook: 21.0 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 4.6 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 12.7 mi
- Cut Garden: 12.8 mi
- Vassar College Community Gardens: 13.3 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 14.3 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 14.4 mi
- Ulster County Fair: 18.7 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 19.1 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 19.3 mi
- Canopus Beach: 6.3 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 12.4 mi
- Berean Park Beach: 16.0 mi
- Brick Beach: 16.8 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 16.8 mi
- LG waterfall: 12.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 21.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 21.4 mi
- Saw Mill Falls: 22.7 mi
- Peter's Kill Falls: 22.7 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 7.6 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 24.4 mi
- Pell Hill: 24.7 mi
- Dicktown: 8.8 mi
- Doodletown: 13.4 mi
- Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of North Beacon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Beacon Mountain | S 175° | 491 m | 0.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | ENE 58° | 456 m | 1.7 mi |
| Lambs Hill | ENE 62° | 454 m | 1.0 mi |
| Spy Rock | SSW 210° | 441 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bull Hill | S 189° | 433 m | 3.5 mi |
| Crows Nest | SSW 200° | 429 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SSW 206° | 429 m | 7.2 mi |
| Black Rock | SW 216° | 424 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 970407 — North Beacon Mountain, Dutchess County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357596333
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 5 mi
- Highlands · 10 mi
- Putnam County · 11 mi
- Stony Point · 18 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 20 mi
- Ossining · 23 mi
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