Sheridan Mountain
Sheridan Mountain rises to 677 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheridan Mountain Unit, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Sheridan Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York north-northwest of Phoenicia. Fork Ridge is located southwest, and Romer Mountain is located south of Sheridan Mountain.
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Wikidata Q34905812, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 677 m
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 23 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 25 mi
- Copes Lookout · 25 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sheridan Mountain Unit: 0.7 mi
- Allaben Unit: 1.0 mi
- Simpson Ski Slope: 1.7 mi
- Stony Clove Creek Unit: 2.0 mi
- Romer Mountain Unit: 2.9 mi
- South Broadstreet Hollow: 1.4 mi
- Garfield Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Romer Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Tremper Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Hoyt Hollow: 3.7 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 1.6 mi
- Parish Field: 1.6 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 3.8 mi
- Big Indian Park: 6.1 mi
- Catskills Visitor Center: 6.1 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cornell Falls: 6.6 mi
- Otter Falls: 6.9 mi
- Black Chasm Falls: 12.6 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 12.6 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 4.0 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 6.2 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 7.2 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 7.8 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 8.0 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 1.9 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 9.4 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 11.5 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 13.6 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 15.5 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 1.7 mi
- Winnisook: 6.0 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 8.2 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 8.2 mi
- The Great Knot: 14.8 mi
- Giant Ledge: 5.6 mi
- Cornell Crack: 7.2 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 7.3 mi
- Samuels Point: 7.5 mi
- Snake Rocks Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 20.2 mi
- The Walled Garden: 21.0 mi
- The Upper Garden: 21.1 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 21.8 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 6.5 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 10.7 mi
- Bear Wallow: 12.5 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 12.5 mi
- Piped Spring: 15.5 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 7.6 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 18.6 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 19.4 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 20.8 mi
- West Landing: 20.9 mi
- Rail Explorers: 1.9 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 4.3 mi
- Pratt Rock: 15.0 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 18.8 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 21.8 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Sheridan Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,266 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hunter Mountain | NE 44° | 1,228 m | 7.1 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,186 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,174 m | 7.2 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,169 m | 8.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,160 m | 9.3 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | S 189° | 1,153 m | 6.7 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | NE 47° | 1,140 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357589367
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