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Shenandoah Mountain

Shenandoah Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Shenandoah Mountain rises to 334 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the west-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Taconic Unit, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States

Wikidata Q34905718, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
334 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.50537, -73.81458

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Lime Kiln Recreation Center: 2.3 mi
  • Fahnestock Winter Park: 2.4 mi
  • Douglas Phillips Park: 3.7 mi
  • Doug Phillips Park: 3.8 mi
  • Sarah Taylor Park (outer): 4.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 43
  • Great Buddha Hall: 1.8 mi
  • Van Wyck Homestead Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Magazzino: 7.4 mi
  • Mesier Homestead and Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Dia:Beacon: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 28
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 15
Attractions: 13
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 12.4 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 17.3 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 17.6 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 19.3 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • LG waterfall: 13.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Cascades: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 5.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Shenandoah Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainWSW 256°491 m6.9 mi
North Beacon MountainW 260°465 m6.9 mi
Bald HillW 267°456 m5.3 mi
Lambs HillW 263°454 m5.9 mi
Bull HillWSW 238°433 m8.7 mi
Crows NestSW 233°429 m11.0 mi
Butter HillWSW 241°420 m11.1 mi
Storm King MountainWSW 242°411 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506067737264534132
Precip in3.73.44.03.83.64.54.43.85.14.73.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357589342

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