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Balsam Mountain, New York

Prominence: 100 ft, 30 m

Elevation: 3340+ feet, 1018+ meters

Approx. Isolation: 0.92 mi, 1.48 km

Elevation Info:

Elevation range: 3340 - 3360 ft
(20-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation: 3339 ft / 1018 m
(Range 3339 - 3359 ft)

Peak Type

Sub-Peak, subsidiary to

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)

42° 11' 1'' N; 74° 23' 15'' W
42.183536, -74.387484 (Dec Deg)
550581E 4670336N Zone 18 (UTM)

Country

United States

State/Province

New York

County/Second Level Region

Greene

City/Town

Lexington

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This is not the nearby Balsam Mt in the Big Indian Wilderness area but the one in the West Kill Wilderness Area to the northwest of Mt Sherrill.

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Web Map Links	Acme Mapper MyTopo Gmap4 MS-Research TopoQuest Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Prominence	Clean Prominence: 100 ft/30 m Optimistic Prominence: 140 ft/42 m Key Col: 3240 ft/988 m (20 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 3220 and 3240 feet. Topo Map: West Kill O42074b4 1:24,000 Key Col Lat/Long: 42° 10' 58'' N; 74° 23' 4'' W Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Isolation	0.92 mi/1.48 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Mount Sherrill (SE) Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Appalachian Plateaus Range4: Catskill Mountains Range5: Central Catskills
Drainage Basins	Hudson New York Harbor Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Catskill State Park Wilderness/Special Area: Hunter-West Kill Mountain SWA
Topo Map	West Kill O42074b4 1:24,000
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Greg Saltsman.

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