Tremper Mountain
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Tremper Mountain rises to 829 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the southwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoyt Hollow, a peak 1.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mount Tremper, officially known as Tremper Mountain and originally called Timothyberg, is one of the Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. It is located near the hamlet of Phoenicia, in the valley of Esopus Creek. At 2,740 feet (840 m) in elevation, it is well below the higher peaks of the region. Its slopes were a source of two major local products during the 19th century: hemlock bark, a source of tannin, and bluestone used in construction. Later it was the site of Tremper House, one of the Catskills' earliest railroad resorts. Henry Ward Beecher and Oscar Wilde were among the guests there. In the 20th century it was acquired by the state and became part of the Catskill Park Forest Preserve. Its location in the Esopus Valley between the northern and southern Catskills made it an ideal place for a fire lookout tower, which still stands on the mountain's summit. The Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station has been restored and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hikers often follow the old road to it from Phoenicia, also a section of the Long Path long-distance trail, to enjoy the views from the tower.
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Wikidata Q6924189, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 829 m
How to reach it
- 17.4 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Falls · 19 mi
- White Dot · 19 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 22 mi
- Copes Lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoyt Hollow: 1.2 mi
- Carl Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Romer Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 3.2 mi
- Sheridan Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mount Pleasant Unit: 1.5 mi
- Romer Mountain Unit: 1.7 mi
- Stony Clove Creek Unit: 2.2 mi
- Mount Tremper Unit: 2.5 mi
- Simpson Ski Slope: 2.8 mi
- Parish Field: 1.9 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 2.0 mi
- Catskills Visitor Center: 3.3 mi
- Bearsville Park: 6.8 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 7.0 mi
- Cornell Falls: 6.1 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 7.0 mi
- Otter Falls: 7.8 mi
- Black Chasm Falls: 10.4 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 10.6 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 1.6 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 6.7 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 7.6 mi
- Keegan Bell: 8.5 mi
- Woodstock Veterans' War Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Samuels Point: 5.6 mi
- Cornell Crack: 6.4 mi
- Giant Ledge: 6.5 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 6.7 mi
- Snake Rocks Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 1.6 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 8.5 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 10.0 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 12.6 mi
- Hurley Heritage Museum: 15.1 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 10.6 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 15.5 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 16.7 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 17.8 mi
- West Landing: 18.1 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 2.1 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 5.5 mi
- Winnisook: 8.8 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 9.0 mi
- The Great Knot: 12.1 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- The Walled Garden: 18.5 mi
- The Upper Garden: 18.5 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 18.8 mi
- Rail Explorers: 1.6 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 1.8 mi
- Pratt Rock: 17.9 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 17.9 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 18.6 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 6.7 mi
- Bear Wallow: 10.3 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 10.3 mi
- Bear Wallow: 10.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 10.6 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Tremper Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | SW 227° | 1,266 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hunter Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,228.34 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | N 355° | 1,186 m | 6.5 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | SW 218° | 1,174 m | 6.5 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | NE 50° | 1,168.91 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,160 m | 7.6 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | SW 218° | 1,152.75 m | 5.8 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,140 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 967788 — Tremper Mountain, Ulster County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357593337
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