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DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters

DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters from directly overhead

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, 12 miles off. Adirondack Trail passes 2.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.05424, -74.56165

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 7
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Raquette Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.5 mi
  • High Falls: 17.3 mi
Parks: 5
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 9.1 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 9.3 mi
  • Flanders Park: 12.9 mi
  • Byron Park: 24.3 mi
Attractions: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Museums: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Silver Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 16.4 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Pendleton: 18.2 mi
  • Sugar Shack Ruins: 19.8 mi
  • Gate House Ruins: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 13.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Iron Cross: 19.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rafting: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kempshall MountainE 100°1,021 m11.8 mi
Mount MorrisNNE 31°950 m8.4 mi
Mount SabattisSE 134°866 m10.5 mi
Little Blue MountainSSE 161°852 m12.5 mi
Owls Head MountainSSE 156°848 m7.6 mi
Grampus Lake MountainE 99°845 m6.0 mi
Rock Pond MountainE 87°841 m7.6 mi
Pilgrim MountainSSW 202°841 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:11
June solstice05:1620:0120:46
September equinox06:4618:2018:58
December solstice07:3115:3616:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151725395361666457453322
Precip in3.22.73.13.83.84.54.34.23.94.43.73.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tupper Lake Sunmount, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429546319

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