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Stoppel Point

Coordinates: 42°13′30″N 74°03′54″W / 42.22500°N 74.06500°W / 42.22500; -74.06500
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Stoppel Point
Stoppel Point is located in New York
Stoppel Point
Stoppel Point
Location of Stoppel Point within New York
Stoppel Point is located in the United States
Stoppel Point
Stoppel Point
Stoppel Point (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation3,422 ft (1,043 m)[1]
Coordinates42°13′30″N 74°03′54″W / 42.22500°N 74.06500°W / 42.22500; -74.06500[1]
Geography
LocationNE of Haines Falls, New York, U.S.
Topo mapUSGS Kaaterskill Clove

Stoppel Point is a mountain located in Greene County, New York northeast of Haines Falls, New York. Located to the southeast is North Mountain. Stoppel Point drains east into Winter Clove, north into Countryman Kill and East Kill, and the east side is the source of Kaaterskill Creek.

On May 26, 1983, a pilot with a revoked student certificate crashed a Piper-28-140 into the mountain at about 3,400 feet (1,000 m) in bad weather .[2] The remains of his airplane can still be found.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stoppel Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  2. ^ NTSB report on 1983 crash