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Tonshi Mountain

Tonshi Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tonshi Mountain rises to 607 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Tonshi Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

Tonshi Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York southeast of Phoenicia. Acorn Hill is located northeast, Ohayo Mountain is located east-northeast, and Little Tonshi Mountain is located west-southwest of Tonshi Mountain.

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Wikidata Q34813444, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
607 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00057, -74.19279

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grant Avery Park: 2.7 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 3.3 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 3.4 mi
  • Brown's Station: 3.7 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 42
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 2.6 mi
  • Samuels Point: 5.9 mi
  • Ministers Face: 8.0 mi
  • Cornell Crack: 8.4 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 24
Beaches: 19
  • Tongore Park Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 13.3 mi
  • West Landing: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 14.1 mi
  • Rough Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Ellipse: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 5.9 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 8.1 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 12.2 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 13.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 15.3 mi
Springs: 9
  • Bear Wallow: 7.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 7.2 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Tonshi Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainW 270°1,266 m9.9 mi
Cornell MountainW 270°1,174 m8.4 mi
Plateau MountainN 6°1,168.91 m9.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNE 14°1,160 m9.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainW 274°1,152.75 m8.0 mi
Lone MountainWSW 258°1,127.76 m10.4 mi
Friday MountainW 264°1,125 m8.7 mi
DinkW 268°1,115.26 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 967662 — Tonshi Mountain, Ulster County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357593160

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