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Fort Montgomery

Fort Montgomery from directly overhead

Fort Montgomery is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Rand Hill stands 459 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Rouses Point Trailway, a park 0.5 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 0.5 miles off. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.00595, -73.34874

Overlooks nearby

125 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
Peaks: 23
Nature reserves: 19
  • Great Chazy River Special Use: 6.2 mi
  • Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge: 9.3 mi
  • Fisk Quarry Preserve: 11.1 mi
  • Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 11.2 mi
  • Pelots Point Nature Area: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 13
Beaches: 2
  • Plage Miller: 8.0 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 20.1 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve: 10.4 mi
  • Airplane: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Chutes Hunter: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Montgomery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rand HillSW 219°459 m20.7 mi
Bellevue HillSE 138°401 m20.8 mi
Big HillSW 232°339 m18.0 mi
Cushman HillSE 146°329 m24.5 mi
Saint Albans HillSE 142°275 m20.1 mi
Sheldon HillESE 112°271 m24.2 mi
Aldis HillSE 133°256 m18.8 mi
Gates HillE 98°253 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2719:06
June solstice05:0719:5920:44
September equinox06:4118:1418:53
December solstice07:2915:2616:15

Local time (America/Toronto).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192132465867727062503927

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chazy, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/185378466

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