South Mountain
South Mountain rises to 740 m in New York. Cherry Ridge stands 793 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Spring Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Delaware County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q34834130, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 740 m
How to reach it
- 14.5 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 25.7 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Beerston Unit: 3.1 mi
- Tower Mountain Unit: 3.4 mi
- Pines Brook Unit: 3.5 mi
- Bobs Brook Unit: 3.7 mi
- Dryden Brook Unit: 4.0 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Houck Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Crane Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mount Holly: 3.3 mi
- Walton Mountain: 3.5 mi
- More Park: 2.0 mi
- Bassett Park: 2.2 mi
- Upper Basset Park: 2.2 mi
- Austin Lincoln Park: 2.8 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area: 4.4 mi
- White Rock: 2.4 mi
- Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble: 20.3 mi
- Site of the Prophet Trial: 20.6 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Joshia Stowell Home & Farm: 23.2 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 14.5 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 15.2 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 18.5 mi
- Bainbridge Museum: 20.4 mi
- Oneonta History Centre: 22.1 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 8.7 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 11.3 mi
- Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 17.9 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 24.4 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 14.3 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 18.5 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 19.8 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 23.5 mi
- Money Point: 7.9 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 15.3 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Roscoe: 20.5 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 18.5 mi
- statue of liberty replica: 22.0 mi
- Piped Spring: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Ridge | SE 132° | 793 m | 11.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | E 79° | 783 m | 8.7 mi |
| Starkweather Hill | E 99° | 776 m | 4.7 mi |
| Brock Mountain | ESE 116° | 763 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bryden Hill | E 93° | 758 m | 11.0 mi |
| Brace Hill | E 101° | 752 m | 6.7 mi |
| Scotch Mountain | ENE 58° | 749 m | 13.3 mi |
| Houck Mountain | S 187° | 748 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:47 | 16:32 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walton 2, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357590265
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