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Steiny Hill

Steiny Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Steiny Hill rises to 440 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

The story

Olive is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The town is west of Kingston, New York, and is inside the Catskill Park. The population was 4,226 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34930253, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
440 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87732, -74.33876

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • ruins: 6.4 mi
  • Yale Quarry: 6.4 mi
  • Old Mine Road: 6.9 mi
  • J. Waldo Smith Monument: 8.0 mi
  • John Burroughs Monument: 8.7 mi
Parks
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 7.0 mi
  • Tongore Park: 7.4 mi
  • Lippman Park: 7.8 mi
  • Rochester Town Park: 8.2 mi
  • Brown's Station: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 55
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 42
Museums: 31
  • Napanoch Station: 9.6 mi
  • Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 9.7 mi
  • The Den of Marbletown: 10.9 mi
  • D & H Canal Museum and Visitor Center: 11.4 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 24
Beaches: 20
Gardens: 16
  • Butterfly Garden: 12.6 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Buddah Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Pompey’s Cave: 9.9 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 10.7 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 11.7 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 12.2 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 14.1 mi
Springs: 8
  • Keyhole Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 4.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 4.2 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Box Spring: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Steiny Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainNNW 344°1,266 m8.8 mi
Cornell MountainN 354°1,174 m8.6 mi
Table MountainNNW 329°1,165.86 m6.6 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW 330°1,164.03 m6.1 mi
Wittenberg MountainN 357°1,152.75 m9.1 mi
Panther MountainNNW 347°1,135.08 m12.7 mi
Lone MountainNNW 337°1,127.76 m6.9 mi
Friday MountainN 351°1,125 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2215:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357591170

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