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Wildcat Mountain

Wildcat Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Wildcat Mountain rises to 964 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the east-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Forstmann Castle, a historic site 1.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

Wildcat Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York east-southeast of Frost Valley. Hemlock Mountain is located northeast, Van Wyck Mountain is located southeast, and Fir Mountain is located north of Wildcat Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34821073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
964 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.97759, -74.47599

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Big Indian Park: 8.8 mi
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 10.1 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 10.7 mi
  • Smith Park: 10.8 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 49
  • High Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Otter Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • Forstmann Castle: 1.4 mi
  • Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 3.1 mi
  • John Burroughs Monument: 4.9 mi
  • ETS Relay (Ruin): 5.7 mi
  • Pine Hill Honor Roll: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 39
Museums: 22
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 7
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 10.9 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 11.2 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 18.5 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 18.8 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 19.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Table Mountain Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Piped Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.3 mi
  • Box Spring: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Butterfly Garden: 22.4 mi
  • Buddah Garden: 23.9 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Wildcat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainENE1,266 m4.9 mi
Doubletop MountainNW1,180 m4.4 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakNW1,175 m4.1 mi
Graham MountainNW1,174 m5.7 mi
Cornell MountainENE1,174 m6.4 mi
Table MountainESE1,166 m3.9 mi
Peekamoose MountainESE1,164 m4.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainENE1,153 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5520:38
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357597313

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