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Bastion Falls

Bastion Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Bastion Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 443 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Layman's Monument, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.

What the record says

Height
10 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.19154, -74.07047

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 3.2 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 3.7 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 8.2 mi
  • C.D. Lane Park: 8.3 mi
  • Cantine Fields: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 52
  • Layman's Monument: 0.2 mi
  • stone house: 0.7 mi
  • cistern: 1.0 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 1.8 mi
  • Tory Fort: 1.9 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 18
Beaches: 15
  • Saugerties Beach: 10.3 mi
  • West Landing: 12.5 mi
  • South Landing: 12.5 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Hurricane Ledge: 2.1 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 4.2 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 4.6 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 4.9 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 10.6 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 14.2 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Old Game Farm: 4.6 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 14.4 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 14.8 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 19.4 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 19.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.4 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 9.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.5 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Bastion Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainW 263°1,228.34 m8.2 mi
Black DomeNNW 334°1,217.37 m6.1 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW 329°1,204.87 m6.4 mi
BlackheadNNW 342°1,200.91 m5.5 mi
West Kill MountainW 262°1,186 m11.3 mi
Plateau MountainSW 235°1,168.91 m6.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 224°1,160 m5.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWSW 257°1,140 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 4 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5.23.86.39.76.32.33.03.82.44.25.27.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Myrtle Brook AT State Hwy 214 AT Edgewood NY, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4257393881

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