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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. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.00595, -73.34874

Overlooks nearby

115 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
Peaks: 22
Museums: 13
Nature reserves: 12
  • 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
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 HillSW459 m20.7 mi
Bellevue HillSE401 m20.8 mi
Big HillSW339 m18.0 mi
Cushman HillSE329 m24.5 mi
Saint Albans HillSE275 m20.1 mi
Sheldon HillESE271 m24.2 mi
Aldis HillSE256 m18.8 mi
Gates HillE253 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 50–80 °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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