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Samson Mountain

Samson Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Samson Mountain rises to 856 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttermilk Falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

Samson Mountain is a mountain located in Sundown Wild Forest in the Catskill Mountains of New York. It stands above the Peekamoose Road (Ulster County Route 42) and the upper course of Rondout Creek.Van Wyck Mountain is located northwest and Bangle Hill is located west-southwest of Samson Mountain. The mountain was named for General Henry A. Samson, operator of a tannery in nearby Samsonville.

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Wikidata Q34903046, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
856 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.91037, -74.40237

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 7.5 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 9.8 mi
  • Tongore Park: 9.9 mi
  • Lippman Park: 10.4 mi
  • Brown's Station: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 5.8 mi
  • John Burroughs Monument: 6.2 mi
  • Forstmann Castle: 7.4 mi
  • ruins: 8.7 mi
  • Yale Quarry: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 51
  • Buttermilk Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 7.3 mi
  • High Falls: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 40
Museums: 27
Beaches: 16
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 11
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.3 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 12.7 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 13.1 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 13.8 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 15.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Table Mountain Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Piped Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 5.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Butterfly Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Buddah Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 20.1 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Samson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainN 8°1,266 m6.2 mi
Doubletop MountainNW 321°1,180 m10.4 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakNW 321°1,175 m10.1 mi
Cornell MountainNNE 21°1,174 m6.7 mi
Graham MountainNW 320°1,174 m11.7 mi
Table MountainN 358°1,165.86 m3.3 mi
Peekamoose MountainN 4°1,164.03 m3.0 mi
Wittenberg MountainNNE 23°1,152.75 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5520:37
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4516:30

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357587829

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