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Pole Brook Mountain

Pole Brook Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pole Brook Mountain rises to 360 m in New York. Black Rock Mountain stands 421 m to the west-northwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine Ridge, a peak 0.7 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q34896693, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
360 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.22671, -74.09544

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • Bowling Rocks: 2.1 mi
  • New York Renaissance Faire: 7.2 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 7.2 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 7.7 mi
  • Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 8.0 mi
Parks
  • Mount Ivy County Park: 4.3 mi
  • Quary Field: 4.9 mi
  • Willow Tree Park: 5.0 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 5.0 mi
  • Laurel Drive Park: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 59
  • J J Wood Saw Mill: 1.8 mi
  • Camp buildings: 2.3 mi
  • Ranger Cabin: 3.0 mi
  • Camp-18: 4.0 mi
  • Southfields Furnace: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 57
  • 9/11 Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Daffodil Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Barberry Collection: 10.1 mi
  • Moraine Garden: 10.1 mi
Museums: 56
Cliffs: 53
  • Lemon Squeezer: 2.9 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 4.3 mi
  • Pulpit: 5.3 mi
  • Jersey Volunteers: 6.6 mi
  • Kitty Corners: 6.6 mi
Artworks
  • Brickhead Truth: 7.4 mi
  • Arc: 9.3 mi
  • Power Teach: 9.6 mi
  • Diana: 10.1 mi
  • Eagles: 10.2 mi
Beaches: 33
Picnic sites: 12
  • Kakiat Park: 5.7 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
  • Area B: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Otter Hole: 18.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.4 miles of Pole Brook Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Rock MountainWNW421 m2.2 mi
Fingerboard MountainN420 m2.7 mi
Hogencamp Mountain NorthNNW417 m2.3 mi
Bradley MountainN416 m3.8 mi
South Stockbridge MountainN411 m4.3 mi
Hogencamp MountainNW407 m2.1 mi
Island Pond MountainNW398 m3.0 mi
Goshen MountainNNE396 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2419:5220:33
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1915:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960856 — Pole Brook Mountain, Rockland County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357577654

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