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Quarry Hill

Quarry Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Quarry Hill rises to 95 m in New York. Black Dome stands 1,217 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Elliott Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.

About

The story

Quarry Hill is a mountain in Greene County, New York. It is located in the Catskill Mountains west of Catskill. Kalkberg is located south of Quarry Hill.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49066012, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
95 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.21120, -73.90180

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Elliott Park: 1.4 mi
  • Dutchman's Landing Park: 2.4 mi
  • Ernest R. Lasher Jr. Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
  • Roe-Jan Kill Park: 4.9 mi
  • Cheviot Park: 5.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Catskill Forest Preserve Detatched Parcel: 2.4 mi
  • Seward's Island: 3.0 mi
  • Cohotate Preserve: 3.9 mi
  • Brandow Point Unique Area: 4.5 mi
  • Catskill Forest Preserve Detatched Parcel: 4.9 mi
Waterfalls: 50
  • Ashley Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Glen Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 7.1 mi
  • Venus Bath: 7.2 mi
  • Winter Clove falls: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 48
  • Otis Railroad Trestle: 6.5 mi
  • Kiwanis Olympic Torch Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 6.9 mi
  • Firemen's Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Town of Cairo: 7.3 mi
Museums: 33
Artworks: 18
Beaches: 12
  • Oakdale Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 10.0 mi
  • West Landing: 11.6 mi
  • South Landing: 11.6 mi
  • West Beach: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 8.6 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 8.7 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Hurricane Ledge: 9.7 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 10.1 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 10.7 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 10.8 mi
  • Ministers Face: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 4
  • The Old Game Farm: 5.8 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 20.7 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 22.7 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 22.7 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Quarry Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black DomeWNW 290°1,217.37 m12.0 mi
Thomas Cole MountainWNW 289°1,204.87 m12.6 mi
BlackheadWNW 291°1,200.91 m11.1 mi
Plateau MountainWSW 250°1,168.91 m14.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 247°1,160 m13.9 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakWSW 250°1,113.13 m9.7 mi
Twin MountainWSW 243°1,112.52 m13.1 mi
Camel's HumpWNW 288°1,095.4 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2019:5420:36
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2215:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506170747265534232
Precip in2.72.63.33.63.55.03.94.54.34.23.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hudson Correctional Facility, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357581428

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