Washburn Mountain
Washburn Mountain rises to 463 m in New York. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the east, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Alander Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.
The story
Washburn Mountain is a 1,496-foot-tall (456 m) mountain in New York. It is located south-southeast Copake Falls in Columbia County. From 1932 to 1964, the mountain was the location of a 60-foot-tall (18 m) steel fire lookout tower now located on Beebe Hill. Alander Mountain is located southeast of Washburn Mountain.
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Wikidata Q34818848, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 463 m
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Alander Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Bash Bish Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Tom Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Washington: 1.8 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Copake Town Park: 1.8 mi
- Garrett Garden and Green: 3.3 mi
- Town Park: 6.7 mi
- French Park: 7.3 mi
- East Twin Lake Water Access: 8.0 mi
- Plaintain Pond: 3.4 mi
- Camp Hi-Rock: 4.2 mi
- Schenob Brook Fen: 5.2 mi
- Schenob Brook Acec: 5.9 mi
- Mount Riga State Park: 6.0 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 10.1 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 10.9 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
- Gallery: 11.8 mi
- Copake Iron Furnace: 1.2 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 3.9 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 7.4 mi
- Searles Castle: 10.1 mi
- War Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 9.4 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 10.0 mi
- Diving Lady: 10.1 mi
- Naked Lady: 10.3 mi
- Divine Mercy: 16.7 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 1.6 mi
- Upper Falls: 4.8 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 4.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 5.0 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 5.0 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 16.5 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 16.6 mi
- Heritage Garden: 17.0 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 19.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 19.9 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 13.5 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 21.1 mi
- Trap Cliff: 21.8 mi
- The Beech: 23.1 mi
- Space Invaders: 23.2 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 10.0 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 10.7 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 12.2 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 13.1 mi
- East Beach: 9.6 mi
- West Beach: 10.3 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 17.0 mi
- South Landing: 21.4 mi
- West Landing: 21.4 mi
- Questing: 13.7 mi
- Dudley Town: 22.0 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 4.2 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 21.2 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Washburn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | E 89° | 793 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Frissell | SSE 152° | 747 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Ashley | SE 141° | 725 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Race | ESE 107° | 723 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SE 140° | 708 m | 5.0 mi |
| Brace Mountain | SSE 162° | 706 m | 4.1 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | SSE 162° | 702 m | 4.5 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSE 150° | 695 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 968839 — Washburn Mountain, Columbia County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357595045
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 10 mi
- Stockbridge · 16 mi
- Monterey · 17 mi
- Berkshires · 19 mi
- Lee · 20 mi
- Lenox · 21 mi
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