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Parker Mountain

Parker Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Parker Mountain rises to 863 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west-southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Top Arboretum, a park 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

The story

Parker Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York east-northeast of Hunter. Onteora Mountain is located west, Stoppel Point is located east, Black Dome is located north-northeast, Star Rock is located east-northeast, and Thomas Cole Mountain is located north of Parker Mountain.

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Wikidata Q34889110, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
863 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.22287, -74.13958

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 0.5 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 2.2 mi
  • C.D. Lane Park: 4.7 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 8.8 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 10.3 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 58
Historic sites: 45
  • Layman's Monument: 4.3 mi
  • stone house: 4.6 mi
  • Tory Fort: 4.6 mi
  • cistern: 5.1 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 5.7 mi
Museums: 31
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 14
  • Hurricane Ledge: 5.2 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 5.7 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 6.9 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 7.8 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 7.9 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 14.7 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 18.0 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Rough Garden: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Saugerties Beach: 14.2 mi
  • West Landing: 16.4 mi
  • South Landing: 16.4 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 18.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 5.9 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 6.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 22.6 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Old Game Farm: 6.8 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 13.1 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 14.2 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 15.7 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Parker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainWSW 236°1,228.34 m5.6 mi
Black DomeNNE 15°1,217.37 m3.4 mi
Thomas Cole MountainN 4°1,204.87 m3.3 mi
BlackheadNNE 30°1,200.91 m3.6 mi
West Kill MountainWSW 244°1,186 m8.6 mi
Plateau MountainSSW 197°1,168.91 m6.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainS 185°1,160 m6.4 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSW 232°1,140 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357576206

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