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Frank Watkins

Frank Watkins from directly overhead

Frank Watkins is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 389 m. Hadley Mountain stands 807 m to the west, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Eddy Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Dude Ranch Trail passes 0.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Frank "Jack" Watkins 5/29/1944 - 12/25/2014 I think I'm quite ready for another adventure -Bilbo Baggins Find me where the wild things are -Henry David Thoreau
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.39373, -73.86308

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sam Spread Town Park: 5.0 mi
  • Wayside Beach Park: 5.1 mi
  • Mill Park: 5.1 mi
  • Hadley-Sam Smead Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
  • Benjamin C. Butler Pavilion Park: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 59
Historic sites: 37
  • pump house: 7.0 mi
  • Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 7.7 mi
  • Father Jogues Monument: 7.9 mi
  • Fort George Ruins: 8.0 mi
  • Colonel Williams Monument: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 6.4 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 7.7 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 7.8 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 7.9 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 8.1 mi
Museums: 23
Waterfalls: 16
  • Bear Slide: 0.9 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Eggleston Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Congress Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 8
  • Small Rocky overlook: 9.2 mi
  • Beaverview Wall: 11.8 mi
  • Wayout Wall: 12.9 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 14.2 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Frank Watkins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hadley MountainW 261°807 m5.4 mi
Spruce MountainW 267°806 m6.7 mi
West MountainW 262°759 m5.3 mi
Snow mountainW 275°737 m6.1 mi
Roundtop MountainW 269°735 m4.7 mi
Black Spruce MountainENE 68°716 m5.2 mi
Phoebe MountainNE 52°618 m5.4 mi
Prospect MountainENE 70°615 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1619:5720:40
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
December solstice07:2615:3616:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331445664696760493828
Precip in3.52.93.63.93.94.74.23.83.24.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13963072506

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