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Whaleback

Whaleback, seen from above at true elevation

Whaleback rises to 93 m in New York. Kaaterskill High Peak stands 1,113 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Parliament of Reality, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34819850, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
93 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.02259, -73.89875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Annandale Triangle: 0.8 mi
  • Red Hook Recreation Park: 1.5 mi
  • Abrams Park: 1.9 mi
  • Red Hook Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Glasco Mini-Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 58
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cantine Dam Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • Shell Midden: 2.1 mi
  • Butler Rockshelter: 2.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Rondout Lighthouse: 8.4 mi
  • Veterans' Monument: 8.5 mi
Museums: 37
Artworks: 24
  • Parliament of Reality: 0.5 mi
  • America: 0.6 mi
  • Stargon: 0.7 mi
  • Wishbone: 0.8 mi
  • Love is in the Air: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 23
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Rough Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Ellipse: 1.2 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Trap Cliff: 1.6 mi
  • Ministers Face: 10.3 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 11.0 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 11.1 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 18
  • South Landing: 2.1 mi
  • West Landing: 2.1 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Hudson River Cruises: 8.4 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 12.4 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 15.9 mi
  • wings castle: 16.8 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 20.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Devil's Acre spring: 19.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Whaleback. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kaaterskill High PeakNW 316°1,113.13 m13.4 mi
Twin MountainWNW 301°1,112.52 m13.8 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitWNW 300°1,085 m13.4 mi
Indian Head MountainWNW 300°1,083 m12.8 mi
Overlook MountainWNW 293°956 m10.9 mi
Plattekill MountainWNW 301°942 m11.3 mi
South TwinWNW 294°880.8 m13.4 mi
South MountainNW 326°752 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2119:5320:35
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 970968 — Whaleback, Dutchess County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357596975

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