Rocky Mountain Overlook

Rocky Mountain Overlook sits at 2,179 feet on the Central Adirondack Trail, facing south across terrain that drops 470 feet within 600 meters of the viewpoint. The outlook faces a line of peaks: Fawn Lake Mountain to the south-southeast at 4.2 miles, Seventh Lake Mountain to the southeast at 4.5 miles, and Fernow Mountain to the southwest at 6.1 miles. Farther out, Higley Mountain and Pico Mountain rise to the south-southwest at 8.0 and 8.1 miles, and the McCauley Mountain Overlook and Ski Area are visible to the west-southwest at 9.7 miles. Fernow Mountain is a summit in the Town of Webb in Herkimer County, east of Old Forge. The nearest towns are Oswegatchie, 31.7 miles to the north-northwest, New Bremen, 32.4 miles west, and Trenton, 40.7 miles south-southwest. Sunrise and sunset times vary by season, with sunrise as early as 05:18 at the June solstice and as late as 07:31 at the December solstice, and sunset ranging from 16:25 in December to 20:45 in June.