South Mountain
South Mountain rises to 865 m in New York. West Kill Mountain stands 1,186 m to the east, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Halcott Center North Unit, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
South Mountain is a mountain in Greene County, New York. It is located in the Catskill Mountains southeast of Halcott Center. Brush Ridge is located southwest, and Halcott Mountain is located east of South Mountain.
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Wikidata Q34834145, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 865 m
How to reach it
- 28.6 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Halcott Center North Unit: 0.9 mi
- Silas Lake Road Unit: 2.6 mi
- Halcott Mountain Wild Forest: 3.0 mi
- Little Red Kill Unit: 3.2 mi
- South Roxbury Unit: 3.6 mi
- Monka Hill: 1.8 mi
- Brush Ridge: 1.9 mi
- Halcott Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Rose Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Sleeping Lion: 3.3 mi
- Stratton Falls: 8.3 mi
- Red Falls: 9.8 mi
- Hardenburg Falls: 10.8 mi
- Otter Falls: 10.9 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 11.3 mi
- Smith Park: 3.4 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 3.4 mi
- Big Indian Park: 5.7 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 5.8 mi
- Kirkside Park: 8.6 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 3.4 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 3.6 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 6.6 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 10.5 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 13.1 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 9.4 mi
- Pratt Museum: 9.4 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 11.2 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 13.4 mi
- Gilboa Museum: 15.1 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 9.5 mi
- Giant Ledge: 10.8 mi
- Cornell Crack: 13.9 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 14.1 mi
- Samuels Point: 15.5 mi
- Winnisook: 5.7 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 10.8 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 12.7 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 17.0 mi
- The Great Knot: 23.6 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 12.7 mi
- Piped Spring: 13.5 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 15.6 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 17.8 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 19.8 mi
- Pratt Rock: 9.2 mi
- Rail Explorers: 11.2 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 13.4 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 20.1 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 24.4 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 3.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Kill Mountain | E 96° | 1,186 m | 9.7 mi |
| Graham Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,174 m | 10.5 mi |
| Panther Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,135 m | 9.7 mi |
| Big Indian Mountain | S 185° | 1,127 m | 10.2 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | E 83° | 1,123 m | 10.3 mi |
| Fir Mountain | S 178° | 1,106 m | 10.7 mi |
| North Dome | E 95° | 1,099 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bearpen Mountain | N 2° | 1,098 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:44 | 16:30 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965819 — South Mountain, Greene County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357590272
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