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Spruce Mountain

Spruce Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Spruce Mountain rises to 1,032 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the east-southeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemlock Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

Spruce Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Frost Valley. Hemlock Mountain is located southeast and Panther Mountain is located northeast of Spruce Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34910166, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,032 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.01759, -74.44988

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Hemlock Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Winnisook Lake Mountain (Western Summit): 1.2 mi
  • Fir Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Winnisook Lake Mountain (Eastern Summit): 1.6 mi
  • East Wildcat: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Big Indian Park: 5.9 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 7.7 mi
  • Smith Park: 8.1 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 8.2 mi
  • Parish Field: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Otter Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 4.6 mi
  • High Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 10.8 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Forstmann Castle: 3.2 mi
  • John Burroughs Monument: 3.6 mi
  • ETS Relay (Ruin): 5.3 mi
  • Pine Hill Honor Roll: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 38
Museums: 22
Artworks: 11
Springs: 7
  • Table Mountain Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Piped Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.4 mi
  • Box Spring: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 8.5 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 8.6 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 20.2 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 20.3 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 23.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 23.8 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainESE1,266 m3.5 mi
Doubletop MountainW1,180 m4.1 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakW1,175 m3.9 mi
Cornell MountainESE1,174 m4.9 mi
Graham MountainWNW1,174 m5.3 mi
Table MountainSSE1,166 m4.7 mi
Peekamoose MountainSSE1,164 m5.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainE1,153 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5520:38
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357590768

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