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Snake Rocks

Snake Rocks, seen from above at true elevation

Snake Rocks rises to 368 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Snake Rocks Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

Snake Rocks is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south of Bearsville. Acorn Hill is located west-northwest, and Ohayo Mountain is located east-southeast of Snake Rocks.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34908694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
368 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.02579, -74.15776

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Rick Volz Field: 0.9 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 1.0 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 1.8 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 2.2 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls
Historic sites: 57
Cliffs: 40
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 0.1 mi
  • Ministers Face: 5.5 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 7.9 mi
  • Samuels Point: 8.0 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 8.3 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 25
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 5.8 mi
  • The Great Knot: 6.6 mi
  • Opus 40: 6.7 mi
  • The Query Family: 6.7 mi
  • Flame: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Tongore Park Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 11.1 mi
  • West Landing: 11.9 mi
  • South Landing: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Rough Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 12.3 mi
  • Ellipse: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.8 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 8.6 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 11.7 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 14.8 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 15.3 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bear Wallow: 9.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.7 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 10.4 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Snake Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNW 341°1,228.34 m11.1 mi
Cornell MountainW 261°1,174 m10.3 mi
Plateau MountainN 354°1,168.91 m7.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 3°1,160 m7.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainW 263°1,152.75 m9.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNW 335°1,140 m10.4 mi
Friday MountainWSW 256°1,125 m10.8 mi
DinkW 259°1,115.26 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965567 — Snake Rocks, Ulster County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357589994

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