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Roundtop Mountain

Roundtop Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Roundtop Mountain rises to 605 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tobias, a peak 0.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The story

Roundtop Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York north-northwest of Wittenberg. Beetree Hill is located east-northeast, Johns Mountain is located east-northeast, and Mount Tobias is located north-northwest of Roundtop Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34831613, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
605 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04620, -74.20792

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Bearsville Park: 2.8 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 3.2 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 3.4 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 4.2 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 39
Museums: 35
Artworks: 21
Beaches: 17
  • Tongore Park Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 13.8 mi
  • West Landing: 14.4 mi
  • South Landing: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 17
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Rough Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 4.1 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 5.6 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 14.6 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 16.3 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 16.8 mi
Springs: 7
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Piped Spring: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Roundtop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainWSW1,266 m9.7 mi
Hunter MountainN1,228 m9.2 mi
West Kill MountainNNW1,186 m9.4 mi
Cornell MountainWSW1,174 m8.2 mi
Plateau MountainNNE1,169 m6.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNE1,160 m6.6 mi
Wittenberg MountainWSW1,153 m7.6 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNW1,140 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 963043 — Roundtop Mountain, Ulster County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357583098

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