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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: 49
Cliffs: 37
Museums: 30
Artworks: 16
Beaches: 16
  • 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: 9
  • Table Mountain Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Romer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainSW 220°1,266 m5.3 mi
Hunter MountainNNE 29°1,228.34 m9.4 mi
West Kill MountainN 11°1,186 m7.7 mi
Cornell MountainSSW 206°1,174 m4.4 mi
Plateau MountainNE 53°1,168.91 m9.2 mi
Table MountainSSW 213°1,165.86 m8.2 mi
Peekamoose MountainSSW 209°1,164.03 m8.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainSSW 203°1,152.75 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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