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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
1032 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.01759, -74.44988

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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
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
Nature reserves
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
Historic sites: 48
  • 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: 9
  • Table Mountain Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Piped Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.5 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 MountainESE 111°1,266 m3.5 mi
Doubletop MountainW 280°1,180 m4.1 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakW 276°1,175 m3.9 mi
Cornell MountainESE 103°1,174 m4.9 mi
Graham MountainWNW 286°1,174 m5.3 mi
Table MountainSSE 150°1,165.86 m4.7 mi
Peekamoose MountainSSE 149°1,164.03 m5.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainE 97°1,152.75 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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