Prospect Mountain
Prospect Mountain rises to 348 m in New York. Black Rock Mountain stands 421 m to the east-southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Buchanan Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Orange County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34899944, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 348 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 20.5 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 12 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 26 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mombasha Park: 2.0 mi
- Quary Field: 3.4 mi
- Harriman Bicentennial Capsule: 4.6 mi
- Ruach Hachayim: 4.7 mi
- Smith Clove Park: 4.7 mi
- Buchanan Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Tiger Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Bare Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Southfields Furnace: 2.0 mi
- Ranger Cabin: 4.0 mi
- Mombasha Fire Co.: 4.5 mi
- First MIA Flag: 4.6 mi
- Harriman: 4.6 mi
- Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway: 3.9 mi
- Wanaque Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Stony Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.7 mi
- Highlands Meadow: 10.4 mi
- Gurnee Park: 11.0 mi
- New York Renaissance Faire: 1.3 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 4.9 mi
- Ringwood Manor: 9.0 mi
- Brick Party: 9.2 mi
- LEGO Rebuild The World: 9.2 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 10.8 mi
- Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame: 10.9 mi
- Mahwah Museum: 12.5 mi
- Fort Montgomery: 12.6 mi
- KinoSaito Arts Center: 13.5 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 4.4 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 5.4 mi
- Pulpit: 8.0 mi
- Crumbling Under Pressure: 8.6 mi
- Gravitas Wall: 8.6 mi
- Power Teach: 5.7 mi
- Wine and Design Warwick: 8.5 mi
- Eagles: 9.7 mi
- Diana: 9.8 mi
- Swan Boy: 9.9 mi
- Goshen: 9.2 mi
- The Bronx: 9.3 mi
- West Coast: 9.3 mi
- Midtown: 9.3 mi
- Las Vegas: 9.3 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 5.6 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 6.5 mi
- Upper Greenwood Lake Beach: 9.8 mi
- Wawayanda Beach: 12.3 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 12.6 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Kakiat Park: 9.8 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 9.5 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 12.9 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 16.5 mi
- Otter Hole: 16.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 19.7 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 23.1 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 23.2 mi
- Monksville: 10.7 mi
- Doodletown: 11.3 mi
- New City Village: 19.3 mi
- Rail-Trail Spring: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Prospect Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock Mountain | ESE 112° | 421 m | 4.7 mi |
| Fingerboard Mountain | E 91° | 420 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hogencamp Mountain North | E 98° | 417 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bradley Mountain | E 80° | 416 m | 6.2 mi |
| South Stockbridge Mountain | ENE 77° | 411 m | 6.8 mi |
| Warwick Mountain | WSW 248° | 410 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hogencamp Mountain | ESE 103° | 407 m | 5.1 mi |
| Island Pond Mountain | E 94° | 398 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961185 — Prospect Mountain, Orange County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357578209
Day trips start here
- Stony Point · 11 mi
- Suffern · 11 mi
- Monsey · 13 mi
- Rockland County · 13 mi
- Highlands · 14 mi
- New City · 14 mi
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