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Wildcat Mountain

Wildcat Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Wildcat Mountain rises to 254 m in New York. Black Rock Mountain stands 421 m to the east, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Quary Field, a park 0.9 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34821061, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
254 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.23426, -74.18237

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Quary Field: 0.9 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 2.5 mi
  • Tuxedo Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Louis E Euvard Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
  • Dater Mountain County Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
  • Hemlock Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Car Pond Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Green Pond Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Stahahe High Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Cairn Mountain: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Southfields Furnace: 1.3 mi
  • Augusta Furnace: 2.4 mi
  • Camp buildings: 2.6 mi
  • Ranger Cabin: 2.6 mi
  • Camp-18: 5.1 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Power Teach: 7.7 mi
  • Eagles: 8.0 mi
  • Eagles: 8.0 mi
  • Diana: 8.0 mi
  • Swan Boy: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 56
  • Claudius Smith Den: 2.6 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 3.1 mi
  • Pulpit: 5.3 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 6.0 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 6.1 mi
Museums: 54
Gardens: 45
  • Daffodil Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Barberry Collection: 8.0 mi
  • Winter Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Annual Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Moraine Garden: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 11
  • Kakiat Park: 7.0 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Mine Hole Falls: 8.9 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Otter Hole: 15.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Middletown Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Wildcat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Rock MountainE 80°421 m2.6 mi
Fingerboard MountainENE 62°420 m4.6 mi
Hogencamp Mountain NorthENE 67°417 m3.7 mi
Bradley MountainNE 53°416 m5.4 mi
Hogencamp MountainENE 72°407 m3.3 mi
Island Pond MountainNE 55°398 m3.3 mi
Surebridge MountainENE 64°391 m3.1 mi
Lindley MountainNE 49°390 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2519:5220:34
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2015:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293038496069747366544435
Precip in3.42.73.94.23.65.14.74.63.94.43.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 971252 — Wildcat Mountain, Orange County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357597310

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