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Olderbark Mountain

Olderbark Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Olderbark Mountain rises to 1,048 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north-northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Rocky Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

Olderbark Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York east-southeast of Lanesville. Twin Mountain is located east-northeast, and Little Rocky Mountain is located west of Olderbark Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34887598, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1048 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.11426, -74.19098

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bearsville Park: 5.5 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 5.9 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 6.1 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 6.1 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 55
Historic sites: 46
Museums: 33
Cliffs: 19
  • Devils Tombstone: 2.9 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 5.7 mi
  • Ministers Face: 6.0 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 6.2 mi
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 17
Beaches: 17
  • Saugerties Beach: 12.6 mi
  • West Landing: 14.3 mi
  • South Landing: 14.4 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 11
  • The Walled Garden: 14.1 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Rough Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Ellipse: 15.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Devil's Acre spring: 4.1 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 13.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.0 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 6.4 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.7 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 12.7 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 17.3 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Olderbark Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNW 335°1,228.34 m4.8 mi
West Kill MountainNW 306°1,186 m6.3 mi
Plateau MountainNNE 28°1,168.91 m1.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 61°1,160 m2.4 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNW 321°1,140 m4.3 mi
Rusk MountainNW 324°1,123.493 m7.5 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakENE 60°1,113.13 m6.6 mi
Twin MountainENE 76°1,112.52 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4316:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959335 — Olderbark Mountain, Greene County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357575326

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