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Roundtop Mountain

Roundtop Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Roundtop Mountain rises to 1,056 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Tory Fort, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

Roundtop Mountain is a mountain located in Greene County, New York south of Haines Falls, New York. Located to the east is High Peak and located to the northwest is Clum Hill. Roundtop Mountain drains north into Kaaterskill Creek and south into Schoharie Creek.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34831581, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1056.13 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.16842, -74.09458

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 2.5 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 4.1 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 8.6 mi
  • Cantine Fields: 9.0 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 58
Historic sites: 47
  • Tory Fort: 0.3 mi
  • Layman's Monument: 2.0 mi
  • Boarding House: 2.6 mi
  • stone house: 2.6 mi
  • cistern: 2.7 mi
Museums: 33
Beaches: 19
  • Saugerties Beach: 10.0 mi
  • West Landing: 12.1 mi
  • South Landing: 12.1 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 16
  • Hurricane Ledge: 0.9 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 2.6 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 3.4 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 3.6 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 10.7 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 13.6 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Rough Garden: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Old Game Farm: 6.6 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 12.5 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 12.8 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 18.2 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 19.4 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 7.0 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 10.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 19.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 19.5 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Roundtop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainW 275°1,228.34 m7.0 mi
Black DomeNNW 349°1,217.37 m7.2 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW 343°1,204.87 m7.4 mi
BlackheadN 356°1,200.91 m6.9 mi
West Kill MountainW 270°1,186 m10.0 mi
Plateau MountainWSW 243°1,168.91 m4.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 228°1,160 m3.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainW 267°1,140 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 963044 — Roundtop Mountain, Greene County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357583100

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