Elevation

3,140 ft / 957 m

#303 in New York

#45,785 in United States

Prominence

640 ft / 195 m

#173 in New York

#4,533 in United States

Summits

282 summits

#17 in New York

#71 in United States

Top climbing months

October   15%

April   12%

May   8%

Most climbed route

Overlook Mountain Trail

5.0 mi • 1,446 ft gain

Highlights

  • Overlook Mt. has one of the Adirondack/Catskill Fire Towers. It was built in 1927 on Gallis Hill, moved to its present location in 1950, closed for safety reasons in 1988, and reopened after renovation in 1999.
  • The hotel ruins near the summit are from one of the Mountain Houses popular in the Catskills in the 1800s. Byrdcliffe Colony, a utopian settlement with a focus on arts, occupies the southern slope.
  • Timber rattlesnakes are quite common on Overlook Mt. trail and summit.
86 summits • 5.0 mi • 1,446 ft gain • 2 hr 33 min
4 summits • 5.1 mi • 1,378 ft gain • 2 hr 30 min
2 summits • 5.5 mi • 1,414 ft gain • 2 hr 14 min
1 summit • 13.3 mi • 1,876 ft gain

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