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Pound Mountain

Pound Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pound Mountain rises to 313 m in New York. Black Rock Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Almost Perpendicular, a peak 0.4 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34898419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
313 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.18898, -74.16765

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Almost Perpendicular: 0.4 mi
  • Daters Mountain: 0.5 mi
  • Smith Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Blauvelt Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Fox Hill: 1.3 mi
Cliffs
  • Claudius Smith Den: 0.6 mi
  • Pulpit: 2.1 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 2.9 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Party Wall: 2.9 mi
Parks
  • Tuxedo Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 1.0 mi
  • Louis E Euvard Memorial Field: 1.2 mi
  • Dater Mountain County Park: 1.4 mi
  • Quary Field: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Augusta Furnace: 1.1 mi
  • Camp-18: 2.4 mi
  • Camp buildings: 2.6 mi
  • Sloatsburg Cemetery: 2.8 mi
  • Southfields Furnace: 4.5 mi
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
  • Diana: 5.6 mi
  • Eagles: 5.7 mi
  • Eagles: 5.7 mi
  • Swan Boy: 5.7 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 55
  • Daffodil Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Barberry Collection: 5.6 mi
  • Moraine Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Winter Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Annual Garden: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 39
Picnic sites: 12
  • Kakiat Park: 4.0 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Otter Hole: 13.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Middletown Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 24.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Boiling Spring: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Pound Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Rock MountainNNE 26°421 m4.0 mi
Hogencamp Mountain NorthNNE 30°417 m5.3 mi
Hogencamp MountainNNE 30°407 m4.8 mi
Surebridge MountainNNE 24°391 m4.9 mi
Tom Jones MountainNNE 27°387 m2.9 mi
Rockhouse MountainNE 49°387 m5.2 mi
Breakneck MountainENE 78°384 m3.7 mi
Parker Cabin MountainNNE 23°381 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2519:5220:34
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2015:4716:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293038496069747366544435
Precip in3.42.73.94.23.65.14.74.63.94.43.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961063 — Pound Mountain, Rockland County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357577931

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