Pakatakan Mountain
Pakatakan Mountain rises to 743 m in New York. Doubletop Mountain stands 1,180 m to the southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Pond Unit, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.
The story
Pakatakan Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York southeast of Margaretville. Pakataghkan Mountain is the variant name. Kettle Hill is located north, Meade Hill is located east-northeast and Dry Brook Ridge is located southeast of Pakatakan Mountain.
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Wikidata Q34828634, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 743 m
How to reach it
- 29.8 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Pond Unit: 1.4 mi
- Cole Hill Unit: 2.2 mi
- Kettle Hill Unit: 2.4 mi
- Morris Hill Unit: 2.5 mi
- Arena Unit: 3.2 mi
- Kettle Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cole Hill: 2.2 mi
- Dry Brook Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Meade Hill: 2.6 mi
- West Huckleberry Ridge: 2.8 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 5.6 mi
- Smith Park: 8.4 mi
- Big Indian Park: 10.3 mi
- Kirkside Park: 11.2 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 12.5 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 7.7 mi
- Stratton Falls: 8.9 mi
- High Falls: 12.4 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 13.2 mi
- Otter Falls: 13.6 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 6.4 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 8.3 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 8.3 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 10.3 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 12.6 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 16.1 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 16.2 mi
- Pratt Museum: 16.2 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 17.5 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 20.0 mi
- Giant Ledge: 14.4 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 16.8 mi
- Cornell Crack: 17.4 mi
- Money Point: 18.4 mi
- Samuels Point: 19.7 mi
- Piped Spring: 6.3 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 17.0 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 21.1 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 22.4 mi
- Bear Wallow: 23.3 mi
- Winnisook: 10.3 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 17.0 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 19.9 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 21.4 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 21.7 mi
- Pratt Rock: 16.3 mi
- Rail Explorers: 17.5 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 18.3 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 19.2 mi
- White Rock: 24.6 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 8.6 mi
- Roscoe: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Pakatakan Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubletop Mountain | SE 143° | 1,180 m | 9.6 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | SE 143° | 1,175 m | 9.9 mi |
| Graham Mountain | SE 145° | 1,174 m | 8.3 mi |
| Balsam Lake Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,136 m | 6.8 mi |
| Big Indian Mountain | SE 134° | 1,127 m | 10.3 mi |
| Balsam Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,099 m | 8.5 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | SE 128° | 1,092 m | 8.6 mi |
| Millbrook Ridge | S 176° | 1,080 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:56 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357575995
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