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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
1,048 m
Getting there

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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: 48
Historic sites: 41
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: 16
  • 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
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
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 4.1 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 13.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Olderbark Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNW1,228 m4.8 mi
West Kill MountainNW1,186 m6.3 mi
Plateau MountainNNE1,169 m1.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE1,160 m2.4 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNW1,140 m4.3 mi
Rusk MountainNW1,123 m7.5 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakENE1,113 m6.6 mi
Twin MountainENE1,113 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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