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Blackhead, New York

Prominence: 500 ft, 152 m

Elevation: 3940+ feet, 1201+ meters

True Isolation: 0.89 mi, 1.42 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) 573835 E 4679892 N, 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 Other Web Sites Blackhead at SummitPost.org Blackhead at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Blackhead New York at Mountain-Forecast.com Blackhead at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Blackhead: Catskill 3500-foot Peaks (Rank #4) Catskill 3500 Club List (Rank #4) Catskill Top 102 (Rank #4)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 965 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 852) Selected Trip Reports: 2000-05-29 by Joseph Hirniak 2009-03-21 by Alan Bangel 2010-10-24 by Debbie Melita 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 2013-05-04 by Michael Vaughan (GPS Track) 2013-11-09 by Michael Vaughan (GPS Track) 2014-04-12 by Sean Sharp 2014-09-07 by josh johnson 2014-10-25 by Deb & Rob Osterhoudt 2014-10-26 by Matthew Ledwith 2015-01-19 by Cynthia Chan 2015-03-21 by Cynthia Chan 2015-05-03 by Cynthia Chan 2015-08-02 by Eric Lombardo (GPS Track) 2016-01-24 by Ruud van den Boom (GPS Track) 2016-04-03 by Mary Ruth Merkel 2016-08-20 by Jake McDougle 2016-09-11 by Derek English 2016-10-09 by Melissa Hoffmann 2017-06-07 by Nicholas Daniel 2017-11-20 by Jake Campbell (GPS Track) 2018-02-17 by Ed Kobos 2018-06-10 by Jacob Kitson 2018-10-20 by Spencer Corcoran 2018-11-23 by Ed Kobos 2019-02-09 by Colin Thomas (GPS Track) 2019-05-11 by David Oakes (GPS Track) 2019-06-29 by Raven Matherne (GPS Track) 2020-02-14 by Jake Campbell (GPS Track) 2020-02-23 by Greg Whalin (GPS Track) 2020-03-18 by David Rockwell 2020-05-31 by AJ Darling (GPS Track) 2020-09-26 by Matthew Nagowski (GPS Track) 2020-10-10 by Crystal Davis 2020-11-25 by Timothy Hutchings (GPS Track) 2021-01-27 by Lily Grossbard 2021-02-20 by Jeremy Knopp 2021-02-20 by Raven Matherne (GPS Track) 2021-05-31 by Colin Thomas (GPS Track) 2021-07-05 by Dan Schaffer (GPS Track) 2021-10-24 by Keith Longface (GPS Track) 2022-01-02 by Crystal Davis 2022-03-05 by Justin Metzger (GPS Track)
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Blackhead Mountain in the Catskills from Black Dome (2007-08-18). Photo by Eric Koppel.

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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 500 ft/152 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 540 ft/164 m
  Line Parent: Black Dome
  Key Col: 3440 ft/1049 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 0.89 mi/1.42 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 42.27, -74.1217
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Black Dome  (W)

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-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Schohaire
Mohawk
Hudson
New York Harbor
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

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

Topo Map

Freehold O42074c1 1:24,000

Route #1

Maintained Hiking Trail
Trailhead: 2200 ft/671 m
Vertical Gain: 1740 ft/530 m

Data Source

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Blackhead, Black Dome, and Thomas Cole Mountain in the Catskills (2007-08-19). Photo by Eric Koppel.

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A view of Blackdome Mountain from just below the summit of Blackhead Mountain. Catskills, New York (2016-02-12). Photo by Christopher Higgins.
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