Southwest Hunter Mountain
Southwest Hunter Mountain (Leavitt Peak) | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,750 feet (1,140 m)[1] |
Prominence | 200 ft (60 m)[2] |
Listing | Catskill High Peaks 15th |
Coordinates | 42°09′45″N 74°14′37″W / 42.1625°N 74.2436°W |
Geography | |
Location | Hunter, Greene County, New York |
Parent range | Devil's Path |
Topo map | USGS Hunter |
Southwest Hunter Mountain (Leavitt Peak) is a subpeak of Hunter Mountain, located in Greene County, New York. It is considered one of the Catskills' High Peaks in its own right, because of its separation from the main summit, and its topographic prominence. Hunter Mountain is named after John Hunter, who also gave his name to the town of
Southwest Hunter is part of the Devil's Path range of the Catskill Mountains. SW Hunter is flanked to the northeast by the main summit of Hunter, and to the west faces
Southwest Hunter stands within the watershed of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay. The north side of SW Hunter drains into the
Southwest Hunter is within the Hunter Mountain Wild Forest of the Catskill Park of New York's Forest Preserve.
Southwest Hunter is unnamed in the GNIS database; there is an effort underway to get the peak named Leavitt Peak in memory of Bill & Elinore Leavitt, two of the founders of the Catskill 3500 club.[citation needed]
See also
- List of mountains in New York
- Hudson Valley portal
- Mountains portal
Notes
- ^ Summit elevation between 3,740 and 3,760 ft (1,150 m)
- Key colelevation between 3,540 and 3,560 ft (1,090 m)
External links
- Southwest Hunter Mountain Hiking Information Catskill 3500 Club
- "Hunter Mountain-Southwest Peak, New York". Peakbagger.com.
- "Hunter". SummitPost.org.