West Mountain
West Mountain rises to 360 m in New York. Preston Hill stands 442 m to the northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Corbin Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Dutchess County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34819628, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 360 m
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 29 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 30 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 30 mi
- Thurston Rock · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Mountain State Forest: 1.7 mi
- Friends of Great Swamp: 1.7 mi
- Pawling Nature Reserve: 2.9 mi
- Leather Hill Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Spring Lake Road: 5.6 mi
- Corbin Hill: 1.3 mi
- Waldo Hill: 2.2 mi
- Pawling Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mount Tom: 2.5 mi
- Depot Hill: 3.3 mi
- Edward R Murrow Park: 2.4 mi
- Depot Hill Multiple Use Area: 3.6 mi
- Towne Center Park: 4.0 mi
- Town of Dover: 4.8 mi
- Tymor Park: 5.3 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 6.9 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 7.9 mi
- Jim Hulton: 8.3 mi
- Sybil Ludington Statue: 12.7 mi
- Mill Ruins: 14.6 mi
- Northrop House: 6.6 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 11.0 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 11.5 mi
- Great Buddha Hall: 12.0 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 12.4 mi
- Personal Gardens: 7.1 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 12.8 mi
- Vassar College Community Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 15.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 15.8 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 7.0 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 7.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 8.5 mi
- North Beach: 11.7 mi
- South Beach: 12.0 mi
- greek letter pi: 15.6 mi
- Lesser Evil: 16.5 mi
- Dutchess County Map: 17.9 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 18.1 mi
- Jean Widmark: 18.4 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 7.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 7.9 mi
- New Preston Falls: 14.6 mi
- Kent Falls: 16.1 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 7.6 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 9.6 mi
- New Milford Tank: 11.0 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 15.1 mi
- Indian village: 15.4 mi
- Kelly Slide: 8.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.5 mi
- Grand Staircase: 11.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 15.8 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 6.4 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 14.7 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 23.7 mi
- Pell Hill: 24.0 mi
- Dicktown: 11.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 19.9 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 7.7 mi
- The Silver Spring: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of West Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Hill | NE 36° | 442 m | 9.2 mi |
| Clove Mountain | NNW 328° | 426 m | 7.0 mi |
| Dennis Hill | N 356° | 416 m | 3.7 mi |
| Observatory Hill | ESE 103° | 405 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Egbert | SW 235° | 405 m | 4.5 mi |
| Schaghticoke Mountain | NE 41° | 404 m | 7.8 mi |
| Depot Hill | WSW 237° | 398 m | 3.3 mi |
| East Mountain | NNW 344° | 393 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357596816
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 14 mi
- Cold Spring · 21 mi
- Highlands · 25 mi
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