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West Mountain

West Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

West Mountain rises to 382 m in New York. Bull Hill stands 423 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Timp, a peak 0.8 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Rockland County, New York, United States of America.

Wikidata Q34819691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
382 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.28443, -74.01127

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Anthony Wayne Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
  • Western Redoubt Fort Clinton: 2.7 mi
  • Mine Dock Park: 3.3 mi
  • Brooks Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lents Cove Park: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 56
  • Hell Hole: 2.9 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 6.6 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 7.1 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 10.1 mi
  • Pulpit: 11.2 mi
Artworks
  • Arc: 4.0 mi
  • Brickhead Truth: 6.9 mi
  • Washington Monument: 7.9 mi
  • General Patton: 7.9 mi
  • General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Boscobel Gardens: 9.6 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 10.4 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • Perkins Memorial Tower: 1.9 mi
  • West Redoubt: 4.3 mi
  • East Redoubt: 4.5 mi
  • J J Wood Saw Mill: 6.1 mi
  • Race Track Reservoir: 6.1 mi
Museums: 50
Attractions: 49
Beaches: 19
Picnic sites: 14
  • Kakiat Park: 11.0 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Princess circle picnic site: 22.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 22.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Farms Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of West Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bull HillNW423 m5.5 mi
Fingerboard MountainWSW420 m5.0 mi
Hogencamp Mountain NorthWSW417 m5.9 mi
Bradley MountainW416 m4.5 mi
Blackcap MountainNW416 m5.1 mi
South Stockbridge MountainW411 m4.0 mi
Stockbridge MountainWNW402 m3.6 mi
Goshen MountainWSW396 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5220:33
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357596792

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