Mount Sherrill is a
mountain
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located in
Greene County,
New York
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, and is named after
Eliakim Sherrill,
and is part of the
Catskill Mountains.
Mount Sherrill is flanked to the east by
North Dome
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, and to the west by Balsam Mountain.
Mount Sherrill stands within the
watershed of the
Hudson River
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, which drains into
New York Bay
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Geography
New York Bay is usu ...
.
The northern slopes of Mt. Sherrill drain via Bennett Brook and Newton Brook into the West Kill, then into
Schoharie Creek
Schoharie Creek is a river in New York that flows north from the foot of Indian Head Mountain in the Catskills through the Schoharie Valley to the Mohawk River. It is twice impounded north of Prattsville to create New York City's Schoharie ...
, the
Mohawk River
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, and, finally, the Hudson River.
The west side of Mt. Sherrill drains into Bushnellsville Creek, thence into
Esopus Creek
Esopus Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River that drains the east-central Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. From its source at Winnisook Lake on the slopes of Slide Mountain, the Catskills' highest peak, it flows across Ulst ...
, and the Hudson River. The southeast side of Mt. Sherrill drains through Peck Hollow into Esopus Creek.
Mount Sherrill is contained within the
Westkill Mountain Wilderness Area of New York's
Catskill State Park.
There is no hiking trail over the mountain, although an extension of the
Devil's Path west from West Kill Mtn. has been contemplated.
See also
*
Catskill High Peaks
The Catskill High Peaks are all of the mountains in New York's Catskill Mountains above in elevation whose summits are separated either by ''or'' a vertical drop of at least between it and the next nearest separate summit. By usual standards ...
*
List of mountains in New York
There are three major mountain ranges in New York: the Adirondack Mountains, the Catskill Mountains, and part of the Appalachian Mountains.
Adirondack Mountains
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Notes
External links
Mount Sherrill Hiking Info.Catskill 3500 Club
Peakbagger.com: Mount Sherrill*
Mountains of Greene County, New York
Catskill High Peaks
Mountains of New York (state)
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