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Shults Hill

Shults Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Shults Hill rises to 334 m in New York. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34832411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
334 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.96231, -73.59818

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Stissing Lake Park: 3.8 mi
  • Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area: 5.7 mi
  • Wilcox Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
  • Mudge Pond Town Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Veterans Field: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 34
Waterfalls: 30
  • Riga Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Bear Rock Falls: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Diving Lady: 13.0 mi
  • Parliament of Reality: 16.3 mi
  • Stargon: 16.5 mi
  • America: 16.5 mi
  • Wishbone: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 14.3 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 16.0 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Ellipse: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 16
  • East Beach: 10.4 mi
  • West Beach: 10.8 mi
  • South Landing: 17.8 mi
  • West Landing: 17.9 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 18.0 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Town Hill Farm: 8.7 mi
  • wings castle: 9.4 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 10.4 mi
  • trail parking: 14.4 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Shults Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FrissellNE 44°747 m8.6 mi
Mount AshleyNE 43°725 m9.3 mi
Bear MountainNE 52°708 m9.3 mi
Brace MountainNE 44°706 m7.8 mi
South Brace MountainNE 46°702 m7.7 mi
Round MountainNE 46°695 m8.7 mi
Alander MountainNNE 29°680 m9.9 mi
Gridley MountainNE 52°668 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2019:5220:34
September equinox06:4218:1718:54
December solstice07:2015:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475766717062504030
Precip in3.12.33.33.34.64.33.83.84.54.22.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965189 — Shults Hill, Dutchess County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357589502

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