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Plattekill Mountain

Plattekill Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Plattekill Mountain rises to 942 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlook Turnpike Primitive Bicycle Corridor, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

Plattekill Mountain is a mountain in Greene County, New York. It is located in the Catskill Mountains south of Platte Clove. Indian Head Mountain is located west-northwest of Plattekill Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34896016, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
942 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.10731, -74.08653

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Andy Lee Field: 4.6 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 5.0 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 5.2 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 5.8 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 46
Historic sites: 43
Museums: 32
Cliffs: 20
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 1.2 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 1.7 mi
  • Ministers Face: 1.7 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 1.7 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 20
Beaches: 17
  • Saugerties Beach: 7.4 mi
  • West Landing: 9.2 mi
  • South Landing: 9.3 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 14
  • The Walled Garden: 8.7 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Rough Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Ellipse: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 9
  • The Old Game Farm: 9.9 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.0 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 11.5 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 14.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 18.6 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.4 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 14.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 16.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Plattekill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainWNW1,228 m8.8 mi
Black DomeN1,217 m11.4 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW1,205 m11.6 mi
BlackheadN1,201 m11.1 mi
West Kill MountainWNW1,186 m11.2 mi
Plateau MountainWNW1,169 m5.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW1,160 m3.7 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWNW1,140 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357577471

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