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Romer Mountain

Romer Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Romer Mountain rises to 603 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodland Valley Unit, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

Romer Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south of Phoenicia. Sheridan Mountain is located north, and Cross Mountain is located south of Romer Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34830710, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
603 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.05815, -74.31876

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 1.8 mi
  • Parish Field: 1.9 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 3.3 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 6.0 mi
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Otter Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Diamond Notch Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 10.9 mi
Historic sites: 44
Cliffs: 37
Museums: 30
Artworks: 16
Beaches: 15
  • Belleayre Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 19.6 mi
  • West Landing: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 19.6 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 20.6 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Rail Explorers: 1.6 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 1.7 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 18.2 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 18.7 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 19.8 mi
Springs: 7
  • Table Mountain Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Piped Spring: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Romer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainSW1,266 m5.3 mi
Hunter MountainNNE1,228 m9.4 mi
West Kill MountainN1,186 m7.7 mi
Cornell MountainSSW1,174 m4.4 mi
Plateau MountainNE1,169 m9.2 mi
Table MountainSSW1,166 m8.2 mi
Peekamoose MountainSSW1,164 m8.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainSSW1,153 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962845 — Romer Mountain, Ulster County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357582751

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