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West Mountain

West Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

West Mountain rises to 392 m in New York. Preston Hill stands 442 m to the northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34819642, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
392 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.66232, -73.61318

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • West Mountain State Forest: 2.7 mi
  • Leather Hill Preserve: 3.6 mi
  • Friends of Great Swamp: 4.0 mi
  • Pawling Nature Reserve: 4.2 mi
  • Pawling Nature Reserve: 4.5 mi
Parks
Historic sites
  • Charcoal Hearth: 5.1 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 7.8 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 8.3 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 13.3 mi
  • World War Memorial Park: 15.0 mi
Museums: 37
Beaches: 21
Gardens: 19
Waterfalls: 15
  • Cascades: 5.9 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Kent Falls: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Dover Stone Church: 5.4 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 11.6 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 12.0 mi
  • wings castle: 12.8 mi
  • Indian village: 15.3 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 17.0 mi
  • Dutchess County Map: 17.0 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 17.6 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Statue: 17.9 mi
  • Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of West Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Preston HillNE 56°442 m5.9 mi
North Preston HillNE 52°441 m6.6 mi
Clove MountainWNW 294°426 m4.5 mi
Chapel Pond HillENE 57°426 m6.8 mi
Dennis HillSW 233°416 m0.8 mi
East MountainNE 44°406 m6.0 mi
Observatory HillSE 144°405 m6.3 mi
Mount EgbertSSW 211°405 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2119:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1915:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836475866716962514031
Precip in3.33.13.73.53.54.13.84.64.64.23.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 970808 — West Mountain, Dutchess County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357596795

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