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Pulpit Rock

Pulpit Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Pulpit Rock rises to 150 m in New York. Big Hill stands 388 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Oxbow Community Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Black River Trail passes 8.5 miles off. 176 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34929531, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
150 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.28089, -75.62855

176 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
  • Oxbow Community Park: 0.5 mi
  • Yellow Lake Waterway Access: 4.7 mi
  • Monument Park: 6.0 mi
  • Harry L. Mills Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
  • Gouveneur Village Park: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 34
Historic sites: 33
  • Old Iron Works: 4.6 mi
  • Rossie Mills: 7.0 mi
  • Rossie Mills: 7.0 mi
  • Grist Mill built in 1805: 9.3 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Uncle Sam boat tours: 14.8 mi
  • Power House: 15.1 mi
  • Gazebo: 15.2 mi
  • Alster Tower: 15.2 mi
  • Peristyle Archway: 15.2 mi
Museums: 11
Cliffs: 4
  • Hudson's Point: 18.7 mi
  • Fulford Point: 18.9 mi
  • Heathers Point: 20.5 mi
  • Woodward Sidehill: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Murphy's Beach: 23.2 mi
  • Canoe Beach: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Italian Garden: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Women's Memorial: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pulpit Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillESE 120°388 m20.4 mi
Panther MountainSE 130°371 m24.3 mi
Grassy HillSE 128°347 m20.8 mi
Middle HillSSE 151°318 m21.3 mi
John Browns MountainSE 142°315 m22.5 mi
Pine HillSE 143°314 m23.3 mi
Cooper HillESE 108°311 m16.8 mi
Baldface HillESE 111°311 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3719:15
June solstice05:1920:0620:51
September equinox06:5018:2419:02
December solstice07:3615:3916:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161828425464686759473624
Precip in2.82.12.33.23.33.93.83.43.84.73.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gouverneur 3 NW, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961957 — Pulpit Rock, Jefferson County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357581240

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