Nature reserve · New York
DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters
DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 524 m. Kempshall Mountain stands 1,021 m to the east, 13 miles off. Adirondack Trail passes 2.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
How to reach it
Coordinates44.05085, -74.57773
- 2.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 9.7 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 12.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.8 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 28 mi
- view · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Buck Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cat Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Loon Pond Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Antediluvian Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Coney Mountain: 4.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 13.8 mi
- Raquette Falls: 14.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 14.3 mi
- High Falls: 16.6 mi
Parks: 5
- Long Lake Town Beach: 9.3 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 9.6 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 9.7 mi
- Flanders Park: 13.4 mi
- Byron Park: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 5
- Long Lake Boat Tours: 9.4 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 16.8 mi
- Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 20.0 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 20.9 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 20.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 0.8 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 17.4 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 20.3 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 22.0 mi
Museums: 3
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 13.6 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 13.6 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 3
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
- Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 15.8 mi
- Silver Beach: 15.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Pendleton: 18.9 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 19.4 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 1
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
- The Crags: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 1
- Iron Cross: 19.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Rafting: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempshall Mountain | E 98° | 1,021 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Morris | NE 34° | 950 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Sabattis | SE 130° | 866 m | 10.9 mi |
| Little Blue Mountain | SSE 157° | 852 m | 12.5 mi |
| Owls Head Mountain | SSE 149° | 848 m | 7.7 mi |
| Grampus Lake Mountain | E 96° | 845 m | 6.8 mi |
| Rock Pond Mountain | E 86° | 841 m | 8.4 mi |
| Pilgrim Mountain | SSW 199° | 841 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:01 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:36 | 16:24 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tupper Lake Sunmount, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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