Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain rises to 1,063 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north-northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Balsam Cap, a peak 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Rocky Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. Rocky Mountain is flanked to the west by Lone Mountain, and to the northeast by Balsam Cap. The south and east sides of Rocky Mountain drain into the headwaters of Rondout Creek, thence into the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The northeast and northwest sides of Rocky Mtn. drain into the East Branch of the Neversink River, the Delaware River, and into Delaware Bay. Rocky Mountain is one of the 35 peaks in the Catskills greater than 3,500 feet elevation, and is a required ascent for membership in the Catskill Mountain 3500 Club. The ascent involves bushwhacking as there is no trail to the summit. Rocky Mountain is within the Slide Mountain Wilderness of New York's Catskill State Park.
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Wikidata Q7355865, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1062.84 m
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Falls · 16 mi
- Panther Rock · 17 mi
- White Dot · 18 mi
- Compass Rock · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Balsam Cap: 0.8 mi
- Lone Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Friday Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Dink: 1.8 mi
- Peekamoose Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Cornell Falls: 2.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 4.0 mi
- Otter Falls: 4.7 mi
- Vernooy Kill Falls: 6.9 mi
- Metacahonts Falls: 7.8 mi
- Future DEC: 3.2 mi
- Watson Hollow Unit: 3.6 mi
- Oak Ridge Unit: 4.0 mi
- Bushkill Fishing Unit: 4.8 mi
- Future DEC: 5.6 mi
- Lester S. Davis Park: 4.8 mi
- Catskills Visitor Center: 6.5 mi
- Grant Avery Park: 7.3 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 8.2 mi
- Parish Field: 8.4 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 1.9 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 2.8 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 6.6 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 6.9 mi
- ruins: 7.7 mi
- Cornell Crack: 2.2 mi
- Samuels Point: 3.7 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 4.0 mi
- Giant Ledge: 4.7 mi
- Snake Rocks Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 8.1 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 8.2 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 13.8 mi
- The Den of Marbletown: 14.7 mi
- Napanoch Station: 16.1 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 11.8 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 13.7 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 18.3 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 18.3 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 19.0 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 5.8 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 8.0 mi
- Winnisook: 9.8 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 13.9 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 17.3 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 19.0 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 22.1 mi
- Buddah Garden: 23.2 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.9 mi
- Rail Explorers: 8.1 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 15.3 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 17.3 mi
- Swimming Hole: 18.1 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 2.0 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 4.6 mi
- Bear Wallow: 5.4 mi
- Bear Wallow: 5.4 mi
- Piped Spring: 7.4 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,266 m | 2.0 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,180 m | 8.8 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | WNW 294° | 1,175 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,174 m | 2.2 mi |
| Table Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,165.86 m | 1.9 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | SW 224° | 1,164.03 m | 1.9 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,152.75 m | 2.8 mi |
| Panther Mountain | N 349° | 1,135.08 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962784 — Rocky Mountain, Ulster County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582635
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