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Round Hill

Round Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Round Hill rises to 789 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Loan Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.

The story

Round Hill is a mountain in Greene County, New York. It is located in the Catskill Mountains west-southwest of Maplecrest. Van Loan Hill is located east, and East Jewett Range is located south of Round Hill.

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Wikidata Q34830945, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
789 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27092, -74.21375

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • C.D. Lane Park: 2.5 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 5.5 mi
  • Ashland Park: 6.7 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 6.9 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 57
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 20
  • Piano Performance Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Mountain Top Historical Society: 8.1 mi
  • Durham Center Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 16
Cliffs: 15
Gardens: 9
  • Veterans Garden: 18.7 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 19.8 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 19.8 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 23.0 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 23.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 3.1 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 7.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Attractions: 5
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Round Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainS 188°1,228.34 m6.5 mi
Black DomeE 91°1,217.37 m4.7 mi
Thomas Cole MountainE 90°1,204.87 m4.0 mi
BlackheadE 92°1,200.91 m5.6 mi
West Kill MountainSSW 209°1,186 m8.1 mi
Plateau MountainSSE 168°1,168.91 m9.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSSE 161°1,160 m10.2 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSSW 192°1,140 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5520:38
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962965 — Round Hill, Greene County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357582956

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