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Van Wyck Mountain

Van Wyck Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Van Wyck Mountain rises to 976 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the northeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

Van Wyck Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York east-southeast of Frost Valley. Hemlock Mountain is located north, Woodhull Mountain is located west-southwest, Samson Mountain is located southeast, Bangle Hill is located south, and Wildcat Mountain is located northwest of Van Wyck Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34816840, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
976 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.95231, -74.43543

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 8.1 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 10.0 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 10.4 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 10.6 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 53
  • Buttermilk Falls: 2.3 mi
  • High Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Otter Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 47
Cliffs: 39
Museums: 29
Artworks: 12
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 10.1 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 11.0 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 16.3 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 16.8 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 6
  • Table Mountain Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Piped Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 7.8 mi
  • Box Spring: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Butterfly Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Buddah Garden: 21.9 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 23.3 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Van Wyck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainNE1,266 m4.1 mi
Doubletop MountainNW1,180 m7.1 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakNW1,175 m6.7 mi
Cornell MountainNE1,174 m5.3 mi
Graham MountainNW1,174 m8.4 mi
Table MountainENE1,166 m1.6 mi
Peekamoose MountainE1,164 m1.9 mi
Wittenberg MountainNE1,153 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5520:37
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357594389

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