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South Mountain (Ulster County, New York)

Coordinates: 41°56′57″N 74°17′36″W / 41.94917°N 74.29333°W / 41.94917; -74.29333
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South Mountain
South Mountain is located in New York
South Mountain
South Mountain
Location of South Mountain within New York
South Mountain is located in the United States
South Mountain
South Mountain
South Mountain (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation2,185 feet (666 m)
Coordinates41°56′57″N 74°17′36″W / 41.94917°N 74.29333°W / 41.94917; -74.29333[1]
Geography
LocationOlivebridge, New York, U.S.
Topo mapUSGS West Shokan

South Mountain, 2,185 feet in elevation, is a lesser summit in the New York Catskill Mountains massif that includes Ashokan High Point, Mombaccus Mountain and Little Rocky. Its northwest slope descends to Watson Hollow, its southwest slope to South Hollow and its eastern side rises above High Point Mountain Road in the Olive hamlet of West Shokan. Following a 2005 court ruling against the town of Olive, a prominently visible cell phone tower was erected on a patch of private property on the ridge north of the South Mountain summit.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "South Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ^ Robert B. Foster and Mitchell A. Carrel, "Disguised as a Tree...," The Urban Lawyer Vol. 38, No. 3 (Summer 2006), p. 667.