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Twadell Mountain

Twadell Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Twadell Mountain rises to 699 m in New York. East Mary Smith Hill stands 896 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Baxter Brook Unit, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 6.0 miles off.

The story

Twadell Mountain is a 2,293-foot-high (699 m) mountain in the Catskill Mountains of New York. It is located north-northeast of East Branch in Delaware County. Rock Rift Mountain is located north-northwest, and Baxter Mountain is located east of Twadell Mountain. In May 1910, a 45-foot-tall (14 m) modified windmill tower was built on the mountain for fire lookout purposes. In 1919, the windmill tower was replaced with a 47-foot-tall (14 m) steel lookout tower. The tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1972 fire lookout season. The tower still remains but is closed to the public.

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Wikidata Q34815223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
699 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00314, -75.11711

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 27
Museums: 5
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 9.1 mi
  • Roscoe O&W Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 23.8 mi
  • The Museum at Bethel Woods: 24.4 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 9.9 mi
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 14.8 mi
  • Carriage House: 22.5 mi
  • Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 22.6 mi
  • 1969 Woodstock Monument: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Russell Brook Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Jensen Cascade: 9.4 mi
  • Tompkins Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • East Branch Rest Area: 2.3 mi
  • Roscoe: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • White Rock: 11.5 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 15.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Spencer Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Piped Spring: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Beamoc Trout: 11.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Twadell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Mary Smith HillE 82°896 m15.4 mi
Mary Smith HillE 79°846 m14.8 mi
Brock MountainENE 76°841 m11.7 mi
Cherry RidgeE 85°801 m8.0 mi
Cherry RidgeE 79°793 m7.6 mi
Prospect HillNNE 33°783 m13.2 mi
Starkweather HillNNE 21°776 m9.3 mi
Brock MountainENE 73°766 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2619:5820:40
September equinox06:4818:2319:00
December solstice07:2615:4816:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445664696761493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 968017 — Twadell Mountain, Delaware County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357593673

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