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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

Nature reserves
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
Waterfalls: 55
Historic sites: 48
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: 18
  • 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: 15
  • 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: 7
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.4 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 14.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 16.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 16.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 17.3 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 MountainWNW 304°1,228.34 m8.8 mi
Black DomeN 351°1,217.37 m11.4 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW 347°1,204.87 m11.6 mi
BlackheadN 355°1,200.91 m11.1 mi
West Kill MountainWNW 292°1,186 m11.2 mi
Plateau MountainWNW 295°1,168.91 m5.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 297°1,160 m3.7 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWNW 295°1,140 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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