Fort William Henry
Fort William Henry is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Black Spruce Mountain stands 716 m to the west, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake George Steamboat Company, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail runs past it.
The story
fort in state New York, at the shore of Lake George
Dates from 1755.
Wikidata Q519254, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Central Adirondack Trail
- On the Dude Ranch Trail
- 9.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 23.6 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Father Jogues Monument · 1 mi
- Fort George Ruins · 1 mi
- Cobble lookout · 1 mi
- The Narrows · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Charles R. Wood Park: 0.1 mi
- Shepard Park: 0.4 mi
- Usher Park: 0.7 mi
- Dicks Island: 3.2 mi
- Gurney Lane Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Cobble: 0.9 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 1.8 mi
- French Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Shingle Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Black Spruce Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Sullivan Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Van Dusen Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Unclassified: 6.2 mi
- Protected Land (No Access): 6.2 mi
- Father Jogues Monument: 0.3 mi
- Fort George Ruins: 0.4 mi
- pump house: 0.9 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Colonel Williams Monument: 3.0 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 0.1 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 0.2 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 0.3 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 2.0 mi
- Rocky's Ranger Planes: 4.9 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 0.3 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 0.4 mi
- Chapman Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
- World Awareness Children's Museum: 8.4 mi
- The Hyde Collection: 8.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.2 mi
- Bear Slide: 8.2 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 9.7 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 10.7 mi
- Palmer Falls: 13.0 mi
- Usher Park: 0.6 mi
- Diamond Island: 3.2 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 4.8 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 10.4 mi
- Log Bay Island: 10.5 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 1.5 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 7.3 mi
- New Buck: 7.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.9 mi
- Ark Wall: 11.3 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 6.6 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 6.7 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 9.1 mi
- Wayside Beach: 9.3 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 9.4 mi
- Arboretum: 5.3 mi
- Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Alumni Memorial Garden: 22.6 mi
- Community Garden: 23.3 mi
- Mr.Haas's Garden: 24.4 mi
- Old Red Spring: 23.1 mi
- Hathorn Spring: 23.8 mi
- Congress Spring: 23.9 mi
- Columbian Spring: 23.9 mi
- Deer Park Spring: 24.0 mi
- Standard Time: 23.6 mi
- Devils Armchair: 23.8 mi
- Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 23.9 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 24.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Fort William Henry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Spruce Mountain | W 272° | 716 m | 2.8 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 40° | 711 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NE 48° | 658 m | 7.1 mi |
| Number Nine Mountain | NW 305° | 646 m | 10.7 mi |
| Phoebe Mountain | WNW 294° | 618 m | 3.7 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | W 280° | 615 m | 1.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 293° | 602 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 263° | 599 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls Farm, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1120346131
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 15 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 24 mi
- Ballston Spa · 29 mi
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