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West Kill Mountain, New York

Prominence: 1220 ft, 372 m

Elevation: 3880+ feet, 1183+ meters

True Isolation: 2.97 mi, 4.78 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 3880 - 3900 ft (20-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 3879 ft / 1183 m (Range 3879 - 3899 ft)
Subpeaks	West Kill Mountain-East Peak (3720 ft/1134 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	42° 10' 5'' N, 74° 17' 23'' W 42.167971, -74.289694 (Dec Deg) 558671 E 4668670 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New York
County/Second Level Region	Greene
City/Town	Lexington
Links Search Engines - search the web for "West Kill Mountain": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Westkill at SummitPost.org West Kill Mountain at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for West Kill Mountain at Mountain-Forecast.com Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain West Kill Mountain: Catskill 3500-foot Peaks (Rank #6) Catskill Top 102 (Rank #6) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2003-10-03 by Richard Spalinger 2008-07-01 by Rich Zillig 2008-11-28 by Dennis Van Amburgh 2009-03-14 by Ted Wallace 2009-09-18 by James Barlow 2009-11-23 by Brennan Connelly 2011-04-09 by Anthony Olivari 2011-07-23 by Mike Wright 2012-03-17 by Brian Bacher (GPS Track) 2013-01-02 by Christopher Anderson 2013-06-22 by Steve Smith 2014-07-26 by Keith Longface (GPS Track) 2015-03-15 by Cynthia Chan 2015-05-30 by Deb & Rob Osterhoudt 2015-06-27 by Jeff Hicks 2015-07-25 by josh johnson 2015-09-26 by Cynthia Chan 2015-12-20 by Crystal Davis 2016-04-02 by Mary Ruth Merkel 2016-04-30 by Nick Hepler 2016-09-09 by Melissa Hoffmann 2017-04-17 by Micah Schneider View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (315 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to West Kill Mountain Elevation Ladder from West Kill Mountain Prominence Ladder from West Kill Mountain

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From Buck Ridge Lookout (2006-10-14). Photo by Ryan Mason.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 1220 ft/372 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 1260 ft/384 m
  Key Col: Diamond Notch    2660 ft/811 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 2.97 mi/4.78 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 42.1775, -74.2333
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Hunter Mountain  (ENE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Plateaus
Range4: Catskill Mountains
Range5: Central Catskills

Drainage Basins

Hudson
New York Harbor
Atlantic Ocean

Schohaire
Mohawk
Hudson
New York Harbor
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Catskill State Park
Wilderness/Special Area: Hunter-West Kill Mountain SWA

Topo Map

Lexington O42074b3 1:24,000

Route #1

Maintained Hiking Trail

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

Dynamic Map

West Kill Mountain

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Other Photos

Part of the gorgeous vista viewable from the Buck Ridge Lookout. The Burroughs Range are the furthest mountains visible, toward the left edge. (2016-09-09). Photo by Melissa Hoffmann.
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