Vly Mountain
Vly Mountain rises to 1,079 m in New York. West Kill Mountain stands 1,186 m to the east-southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is South Vly, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Vly Mountain is a mountain located in the town of Halcott, New York, United States in Greene County. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. Vly Mountain is flanked to the northwest by Bearpen Mountain, to the east by Vinegar Hill, to the northeast by Kipp Hill, and to the southeast by Beech Ridge. The north side of Vly Mountain drains into Little West Kill, thence into Schoharie Creek, the Mohawk River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The east side of Vly Mtn. drains through Roarback Brook into the West Kill, thence into Schoharie Creek. The south and west sides of Vly Mountain drain into Vly Creek, thence into Bush Kill, Dry Brook, the East Branch of the Delaware River, and into Delaware Bay. Near the bottom of the trail from the hunters cabin there are some old cars left in the woods. Keep watch they are in an overgrown area
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Wikidata Q7939097, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1079.30 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- South Vly: 1.2 mi
- Bearpen Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Kipp Hill: 2.4 mi
- South Bearpen: 2.4 mi
- Vinegar Hill: 2.7 mi
- Roarback Brook Unit: 1.6 mi
- Greene County Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 2.5 mi
- Silas Lake Road Unit: 2.5 mi
- Buffalo Hollow Unit: 3.3 mi
- Halcott Mountain Wild Forest: 3.6 mi
- Red Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hardenburg Falls: 6.4 mi
- Stratton Falls: 7.9 mi
- Manor Kill Falls: 9.3 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 10.8 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 7.4 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 8.0 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 13.8 mi
- Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 14.4 mi
- Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 5.9 mi
- Kirkside Park: 6.8 mi
- Ashland Park: 6.8 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 7.7 mi
- Smith Park: 7.9 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 4.8 mi
- Pratt Museum: 4.8 mi
- Gilboa Museum: 10.7 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 11.8 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 13.4 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 4.9 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 13.8 mi
- Giant Ledge: 14.5 mi
- Cornell Crack: 17.4 mi
- Samuels Point: 18.6 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 12.3 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 14.6 mi
- Piped Spring: 17.8 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 19.7 mi
- Piped Spring: 22.8 mi
- Pratt Rock: 4.6 mi
- Rail Explorers: 13.4 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 15.6 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 15.8 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 22.4 mi
- Winnisook: 9.8 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 11.4 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 13.1 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 19.7 mi
- The Great Knot: 24.0 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 8.3 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 24.4 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Vly Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Kill Mountain | ESE 124° | 1,186 m | 9.6 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,123.493 m | 9.1 mi |
| East Rusk | ESE 108° | 1,105.814 m | 10.0 mi |
| North Dome | SE 135° | 1,098.8 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bearpen Mountain | NW 314° | 1,098 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Sherrill | SE 142° | 1,084.48 m | 6.1 mi |
| North Bearpen Mountain | NW 315° | 1,076 m | 2.7 mi |
| Halcott Mountain | S 175° | 1,069.54 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Manor, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357594613
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