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Blackhead, New York

Prominence: 500 ft, 152 m

Elevation: 3940+ feet, 1201+ meters

Approx. Isolation: 0.95 mi, 1.53 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 3940 - 3960 ft (20-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 3939 ft / 1201 m (Range 3939 - 3959 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	42° 16' 4'' N; 74° 6' 17'' W 42.267745, -74.104703 (Dec Deg) 573835E 4679892N Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New York
County/Second Level Region	Greene
City/Town	Cairo Jewett
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Blackhead": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Lists that contain Blackhead: Catskill 3500-foot Peaks (Rank #4) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1988-07-03 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track) 1990-10-05 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track) 2000-05-29 by Joseph Hirniak 2008-03-02 by Rich Zillig 2008-12-06 by Ted Wallace 2009-02-01 by Ted Wallace 2009-03-07 by chris zillig 2009-03-21 by Alan Bangel 2010-03-20 by Kevin Zuech 2010-06-15 by Matt Sedlak 2010-09-03 by Tomoko Nakajima 2010-10-24 by Debbie Melita 2011-01-17 by Debbie Melita 2011-08-27 by Kurt Phaneuf (GPS Track) 2011-12-29 by Matt Sedlak (GPS Track) 2012-01-02 by Mike Wright 2012-02-04 by Brian Lubbert 2012-03-15 by Michelle Gillin 2012-03-20 by John Harrington (GPS Track) 2012-04-01 by Brian Lubbert 2012-04-15 by Kristen Meitzler 2012-05-12 by Mike Guethle 2012-08-12 by Stewart McGuire View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Blackhead Elevation Ladder from Blackhead Prominence Ladder from Blackhead

Blackhead Mountain in the Catskills from Black Dome. Photo courtesy of Eric Koppel.

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Prominence

Clean Prominence: 500 ft/152 m
Optimistic Prominence: 540 ft/164 m
Key Col: 3440 ft/1049 m  (20 foot contour)
Col elevation in range between 3420 and 3440 feet.
    Topo Map: Freehold O42074c1 1:24,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 42° 16' 14'' N; 74° 6' 50'' W
    Key Col Map Links:
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Isolation

0.95 mi/1.53 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Black Dome (W)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Plateaus
Range4: Catskill Mountains
Range5: Northern Catskills
Range6: Blackhead Range

Drainage Basins

Hudson
New York Harbor
Atlantic Ocean

Schohaire
Mohawk
Hudson
New York Harbor
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Catskill State Park
Wilderness/Special Area: Windham-Blackhead Range SWA

Topo Map

Freehold O42074c1 1:24,000

Route #1