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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

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
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
Historic sites: 52
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: 21
  • 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: 17
  • 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: 7
  • Bear Wallow: 9.6 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 10.4 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Piped Spring: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Snake Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNW1,228 m11.1 mi
Cornell MountainW1,174 m10.3 mi
Plateau MountainN1,169 m7.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN1,160 m7.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainW1,153 m9.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNW1,140 m10.4 mi
Friday MountainWSW1,125 m10.8 mi
DinkW1,115 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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