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Terrace Mountain

Terrace Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Terrace Mountain rises to 721 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cross Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

Terrace Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south-southwest of Phoenicia. Wittenberg Mountain is located southwest, Fork Ridge is located west-northwest, and Cross Mountain is located east of Terrace Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34812065, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
721 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.02759, -74.33626

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Otter Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 9.8 mi
  • High Falls: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 3.4 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 4.0 mi
  • Parish Field: 4.1 mi
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 5.0 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 52
Cliffs: 40
Museums: 31
Beaches: 18
  • Belleayre Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 20.2 mi
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 13
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Rough Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 21.5 mi
  • Ellipse: 21.5 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 2.9 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 3.9 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 17.2 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 19.7 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 20.0 mi
Springs: 9
  • Table Mountain Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 7.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 7.5 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Terrace Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainSW 232°1,266 m3.2 mi
Cornell MountainSSW 209°1,174 m2.1 mi
Table MountainSW 217°1,165.86 m5.9 mi
Peekamoose MountainSSW 212°1,164.03 m6.0 mi
Wittenberg MountainSSW 203°1,152.75 m1.5 mi
Panther MountainWNW 304°1,135.08 m3.6 mi
Lone MountainSW 214°1,127.76 m4.9 mi
Big Indian MountainW 274°1,127.46 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357592460

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