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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: 50
  • 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: 48
  • 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
Springs: 8
  • Table Mountain Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Piped Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.3 mi
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
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 MountainENE 72°1,266 m4.9 mi
Doubletop MountainNW 322°1,180 m4.4 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakNW 321°1,175 m4.1 mi
Graham MountainNW 319°1,174 m5.7 mi
Cornell MountainENE 75°1,174 m6.4 mi
Table MountainESE 110°1,165.86 m3.9 mi
Peekamoose MountainESE 113°1,164.03 m4.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainENE 72°1,152.75 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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