Stissing Mountain
Stissing Mountain rises to 425 m in New York. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Stissing Mountain, with an elevation of 1,403 feet (428 meters), lies in northern Dutchess County, New York, where it rises about 1,000 feet (305 meters) above its local footings. The mountain is steepest on its eastern slopes, which average 40 percent (or 21.8 degrees). This eastern escarpment is about 3 miles (4.8 km) long. Around Stissing's eastern base are substantial amounts of talus blocks composed of gneiss. A restored, 1933 fire tower is near the summit and open to the public (as of 2023) via hiking trails.
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Wikidata Q34930581, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 425 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 22 mi
- High Falls · 24 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 27 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stissing Mountain: 0.6 mi
- FOSL: 0.6 mi
- Stissing Mountain: 0.7 mi
- FOSL: 1.1 mi
- Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Little Stissing Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Hicks Hill: 1.5 mi
- Conklin Hill: 2.4 mi
- Dolphin Hill: 2.7 mi
- Shelly Hill: 3.1 mi
- Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area: 1.5 mi
- Stissing Lake Park: 1.7 mi
- Wilcox Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Roeliff Jansenkill Multiple Use Area: 4.2 mi
- Stanford Skate Park: 5.9 mi
- Riga Falls: 12.6 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 14.3 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 14.4 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 15.0 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 15.0 mi
- Moravian Christian Mission Monument: 2.4 mi
- War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Patriot Burials: 9.9 mi
- Folly: 10.8 mi
- Lime Kiln: 11.1 mi
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum: 8.9 mi
- The Story Studio: 9.7 mi
- Center For Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art: 12.2 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 12.4 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 12.9 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 9.7 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 12.0 mi
- Bard Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Formal Gardens: 12.2 mi
- Ellipse: 12.2 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 11.9 mi
- America: 12.0 mi
- Diving Lady: 12.1 mi
- Stargon: 12.1 mi
- Wishbone: 12.2 mi
- West Beach: 9.3 mi
- East Beach: 9.3 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 13.4 mi
- South Landing: 13.5 mi
- West Landing: 13.5 mi
- Trap Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Indian Rock: 16.0 mi
- Bard Rock: 16.7 mi
- Grand Staircase: 19.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.5 mi
- wings castle: 8.0 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 13.4 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 15.1 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 15.3 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 16.0 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 14.6 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 16.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 20.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Stissing Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Frissell | ENE 59° | 747 m | 12.6 mi |
| Brace Mountain | ENE 59° | 706 m | 11.9 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | ENE 61° | 702 m | 11.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | ENE 60° | 695 m | 12.8 mi |
| Alander Mountain | NE 47° | 680 m | 13.3 mi |
| Gridley Mountain | ENE 64° | 668 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 72° | 588 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Riga | ENE 77° | 534 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357591341
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 24 mi
- Monterey · 29 mi
- Stockbridge · 30 mi
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