Van Loan Hill
Van Loan Hill rises to 770 m in New York. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.
The story
Van Loan Hill is a mountain in Greene County, New York. It is located in the Catskill Mountains southwest of Maplecrest. Round Hill is located west, Elm Ridge is located north-northeast, and East Jewett Range is located south of Van Loan Hill. Van Loan Hill is a drumlin that was formed in the Last Glacial Period. Its name is possibly in honor of Walton Van Loan, a local guide book author and cartographer. On National Trails Day in 1999, an adjacent 116 acres (47 ha) parcel of watershed land called Maplecrest Unit in the Town of Windham was opened for hiking by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, allowing for unobstructed views. To view by car, the closest road to the north and east is County Route 40. To the south is Round Hills Road, and to the west past Round Hill is New York State Route 296. Batavia Kill runs along the northern slope, and the tributaries of East Kill lie south. The area was in the path of both Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, and in 2012 the Maplecrest Unit underwent restoration work and stream stabilization.
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Wikidata Q34816828, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 770 m
How to reach it
- 29.6 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Hill: 0.7 mi
- Caudal: 2.0 mi
- East Jewett Range: 2.3 mi
- Camel's Hump: 2.6 mi
- Cave Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Maplecrest Road Unit: 0.9 mi
- Katydid Creek Unit: 2.3 mi
- Brooksburg Unit: 2.4 mi
- Mitchell Hollow Brook Unit: 4.4 mi
- Jennie Notch Unit: 4.4 mi
- C.D. Lane Park: 2.0 mi
- Mountain Top Arboretum: 4.9 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 6.4 mi
- Ashland Park: 7.4 mi
- Irish Cultural Center: 9.0 mi
- East Kill Falls: 6.3 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 7.1 mi
- Delmura Falls: 8.0 mi
- Winter Clove falls: 8.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Falls: 8.5 mi
- Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 5.9 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 7.9 mi
- Layman's Monument: 8.7 mi
- stone house: 8.9 mi
- Tory Fort: 9.0 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 4.0 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Durham Center Museum: 9.1 mi
- Pratt Museum: 12.3 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 12.3 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 5.1 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 14.3 mi
- The Great Knot: 16.0 mi
- Winnisook: 17.0 mi
- Opus 40: 17.3 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 7.9 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 9.6 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 11.2 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 11.2 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 12.2 mi
- Veterans Garden: 18.5 mi
- The Upper Garden: 19.1 mi
- The Walled Garden: 19.2 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 22.4 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 22.7 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 2.8 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 7.3 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 23.7 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 23.8 mi
- Bear Wallow: 24.1 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 17.1 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 17.6 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 18.7 mi
- West Landing: 20.9 mi
- South Landing: 20.9 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 10.1 mi
- Pratt Rock: 11.7 mi
- Rail Explorers: 14.2 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 15.8 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 18.7 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Van Loan Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,228.34 m | 6.5 mi |
| Black Dome | E 89° | 1,217.37 m | 4.0 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | E 88° | 1,204.87 m | 3.3 mi |
| Blackhead | E 91° | 1,200.91 m | 4.9 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,186 m | 8.4 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | S 172° | 1,168.91 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,160 m | 9.9 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,140 m | 7.7 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 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:43 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357594369
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- Kinderhook · 28 mi
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