Sunset Rock
Sunset Rock rises to 545 m in New York. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the southeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dugway Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34933047, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 545 m
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dugway Hill: 0.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Mount Ethel: 1.0 mi
- Mount Whitbeck: 1.6 mi
- Copake Town Park: 3.2 mi
- Garrett Garden and Green: 3.3 mi
- Town Park: 4.5 mi
- French Park: 4.7 mi
- McAllister Park: 7.1 mi
- Plaintain Pond: 4.0 mi
- Schenob Brook Acec: 4.9 mi
- Schenob Brook Acec: 5.0 mi
- Schenob Brook Fen: 5.0 mi
- Camp Hi-Rock: 5.0 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Gallery: 9.3 mi
- Circle Museum: 9.3 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 11.2 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 11.3 mi
- Copake Iron Furnace: 1.4 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 5.7 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 5.9 mi
- Searles Castle: 7.8 mi
- Dough Boy: 11.4 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 7.2 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 7.6 mi
- Naked Lady: 7.9 mi
- Diving Lady: 11.0 mi
- Divine Mercy: 14.2 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 1.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 4.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 4.9 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 5.8 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 6.2 mi
- Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 14.0 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 14.1 mi
- Flower Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Herb Gardens: 15.1 mi
- trail parking: 4.4 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 7.2 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 7.6 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 12.1 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 13.4 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 11.1 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- The Beech: 22.4 mi
- Space Invaders: 22.4 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 22.4 mi
- East Beach: 11.1 mi
- West Beach: 11.8 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 16.6 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 19.6 mi
- South Landing: 23.0 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Questing: 12.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 23.7 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 21.1 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Sunset Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | SE 125° | 793 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Frissell | S 173° | 747 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Ashley | SSE 168° | 725 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Race | SE 138° | 723 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSE 161° | 708 m | 6.5 mi |
| Brace Mountain | S 179° | 706 m | 6.2 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | S 178° | 702 m | 6.6 mi |
| Round Mountain | S 171° | 695 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357591929
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 8 mi
- Stockbridge · 14 mi
- Monterey · 15 mi
- Lee · 17 mi
- Berkshires · 18 mi
- Lenox · 19 mi
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