Tower Mountain
Tower Mountain rises to 707 m in New York. Cherry Ridge stands 793 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Top Unit, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 11 miles off.
The story
Tower Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York state, east-northeast of Deposit in Delaware County. Speedwell Mountain is located west-southwest of Tower Mountain, Walton Mountain is located north-northeast of it, and Crane Hill is located northeast of Tower Mountain. In 1934, the Civilian Conservation Corps built what was known as the Rock Rift Fire Observation Tower on the mountain. The tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1988 season and was officially closed in early 1989. Currently, the tower is not safe to climb. The first set of steps has been removed to prevent injury. Restoration of the tower is planned by the Town of Tompkins.
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Wikidata Q34813838, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 707 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 21.0 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mountain Top Unit: 0.8 mi
- Fish Brook Unit: 1.4 mi
- Tower Mountain Unit: 1.7 mi
- Dryden Brook Unit: 1.7 mi
- Beerston Unit: 2.4 mi
- Crane Hill: 2.7 mi
- Clabber Peak: 3.0 mi
- Rock Rift Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Houck Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Walton Mountain: 4.1 mi
- More Park: 5.6 mi
- Bassett Park: 6.6 mi
- Upper Basset Park: 6.6 mi
- Austin Lincoln Park: 6.9 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area: 8.0 mi
- White Rock: 6.9 mi
- Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble: 17.0 mi
- Site of the Prophet Trial: 17.4 mi
- Joshia Stowell Home & Farm: 19.6 mi
- Colesville Branch: 20.2 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Bainbridge Museum: 18.2 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 20.2 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 13.5 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 14.8 mi
- Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 16.6 mi
- Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 23.8 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 16.6 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 16.7 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 23.8 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Roscoe: 22.5 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Money Point: 11.8 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 20.2 mi
- 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 21.7 mi
- Spencer Spring: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Tower Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Ridge | ESE 114° | 793 m | 14.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ENE 74° | 783 m | 13.4 mi |
| Starkweather Hill | E 82° | 776 m | 9.1 mi |
| Brace Hill | E 86° | 752 m | 10.9 mi |
| Fuller Hill | ESE 117° | 751 m | 13.5 mi |
| Houck Mountain | E 88° | 748 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bear Spring Mountain | ENE 65° | 746 m | 5.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | E 94° | 741 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:48 | 16:33 |
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 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walton 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357593239
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