Thomas Cole Mountain
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Thomas Cole Mountain rises to 1,205 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Dome, a peak 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Thomas Cole Mountain is a mountain in Greene County, New York. The mountain is named after the artist Thomas Cole (1801–1848), who lived in the area and is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School. Thomas Cole Mountain is part of the Blackhead range, and is the fourth highest peak of the broader Catskill Mountains. Thomas Cole is flanked to the east by Black Dome (3,990 feet or 1,220 metres), and to the west by Camel's Hump (3,530 feet or 1,080 metres).
Thomas Cole Mountain stands within the watershed of Schoharie Creek, which drains into the Mohawk River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The south side of Thomas Cole drains into East Kill, and thence into Schoharie Creek. The north side of Thomas Cole drains into Batavia Kill, and thence into Schoharie Creek. Thomas Cole Mountain is within New York's Catskill Park.
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Wikidata Q7788531, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1204.87 m
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Dome: 0.7 mi
- Camel's Hump: 0.7 mi
- Caudal: 1.3 mi
- Blackhead: 1.6 mi
- Burnt Knob: 2.3 mi
- Katydid Creek Unit: 1.7 mi
- Maplecrest Road Unit: 3.4 mi
- Brooksburg Unit: 4.7 mi
- Jennie Notch Unit: 5.1 mi
- Twilight Park Unit: 5.9 mi
- C.D. Lane Park: 2.1 mi
- Mountain Top Arboretum: 3.5 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 5.5 mi
- Angelo Canna Town Park: 7.1 mi
- Irish Cultural Center: 7.1 mi
- East Kill Falls: 3.5 mi
- Winter Clove falls: 5.4 mi
- Venus Bath: 5.5 mi
- Gaia Cascade: 5.6 mi
- Glen Falls: 5.7 mi
- stone house: 6.6 mi
- Layman's Monument: 6.6 mi
- Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 6.8 mi
- cistern: 7.0 mi
- Catskill Mountain House: 7.4 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 5.8 mi
- Durham Center Museum: 8.2 mi
- Thomas Cole National Historic Site: 14.4 mi
- Pratt Museum: 15.5 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 6.9 mi
- The Great Knot: 14.8 mi
- Opus 40: 16.0 mi
- The Query Family: 16.0 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 16.1 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 8.1 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 8.7 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 9.9 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 10.7 mi
- The "Great" Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- The Upper Garden: 16.9 mi
- The Walled Garden: 16.9 mi
- Veterans Garden: 17.2 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 20.6 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 20.8 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 16.7 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 17.3 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 18.3 mi
- West Landing: 18.9 mi
- South Landing: 18.9 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 6.9 mi
- Pratt Rock: 14.9 mi
- Rail Explorers: 15.8 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 17.1 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 3.0 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 8.8 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 22.1 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Thomas Cole Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | SW 217° | 1,228.34 m | 8.0 mi |
| Black Dome | E 92° | 1,217.37 m | 0.7 mi |
| Blackhead | E 97° | 1,200.91 m | 1.6 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | SW 228° | 1,186 m | 10.6 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,168.91 m | 9.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 184° | 1,160 m | 9.7 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | SW 217° | 1,140 m | 9.3 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | WSW 237° | 1,123.493 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 973362 — Thomas Cole Mountain, Greene County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/2473476751
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