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South Mountain

South Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

South Mountain rises to 752 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is cistern, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.

About

The story

South Mountain is a mountain located in Greene County, New York east of Haines Falls, New York. Located to the southwest is Roundtop Mountain. High Peak drains south into Kaaterskill Creek and north into North-South Lake.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34834174, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
752 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.18928, -74.04973

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 4.3 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 4.7 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 7.9 mi
  • Cantine Fields: 8.3 mi
  • Cheviot Park: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 55
Historic sites: 53
  • cistern: 0.1 mi
  • stone house: 0.5 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 0.9 mi
  • Layman's Monument: 0.9 mi
  • Otis Railroad Trestle: 1.2 mi
Museums: 34
Artworks: 19
Beaches: 15
  • Saugerties Beach: 9.6 mi
  • West Landing: 11.8 mi
  • South Landing: 11.8 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Hurricane Ledge: 2.5 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 4.3 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 4.5 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 4.9 mi
  • Ministers Face: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 9.8 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 13.5 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Old Game Farm: 4.0 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 15.2 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 15.5 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 19.1 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 20.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 9.4 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 10.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 22.0 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainW 265°1,228.34 m9.3 mi
Black DomeNNW 326°1,217.37 m6.7 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNW 322°1,204.87 m7.1 mi
BlackheadNNW 333°1,200.91 m6.1 mi
West Kill MountainW 263°1,186 m12.4 mi
Plateau MountainWSW 241°1,168.91 m7.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 232°1,160 m6.5 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainW 259°1,140 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2215:4216:28

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357590268

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