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Pakatakan Mountain

Pakatakan Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.13814, -74.64099

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 27
  • Fleischmann Athletic Park: 5.6 mi
  • Smith Park: 8.4 mi
  • Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 10.2 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 10.3 mi
  • Kirkside Park: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • 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
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 12
  • 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
Springs: 8
  • Piped Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Piped Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 21.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 5
  • 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
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Belleayre Beach: 8.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doubletop MountainSE 143°1,180 m9.6 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakSE 143°1,175 m9.9 mi
Graham MountainSE 145°1,174 m8.3 mi
Balsam Lake MountainSSE 159°1,136 m6.8 mi
Big Indian MountainSE 134°1,127.46 m10.3 mi
Balsam MountainESE 113°1,099.41 m8.5 mi
Eagle MountainSE 128°1,092.1 m8.6 mi
Millbrook RidgeS 176°1,080 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2319:5620:39
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2415:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357575995

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