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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.

About

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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
863 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.22287, -74.13958

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
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
Waterfalls: 50
Historic sites: 42
  • 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
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
Springs: 5
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 5.9 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 6.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

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 MountainWSW1,228 m5.6 mi
Black DomeNNE1,217 m3.4 mi
Thomas Cole MountainN1,205 m3.3 mi
BlackheadNNE1,201 m3.6 mi
West Kill MountainWSW1,186 m8.6 mi
Plateau MountainSSW1,169 m6.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainS1,160 m6.4 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSW1,140 m6.8 mi
Conditions

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 50–80 °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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357576206

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