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Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve

Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve from directly overhead

Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. Hog Back Mountain stands 812 m to the southwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 4.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Northeast Wilderness Trust
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.39023, -73.57987

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • The Covered Bridge: 7.3 mi
  • Milholland Park: 8.2 mi
  • Thrall Dam Park: 8.3 mi
  • Thrall Dam Park: 8.9 mi
  • Wilmington Bike Park: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves: 57
Cliffs: 57
  • Great Wall: 9.0 mi
  • Potter Mountain Cliff: 13.9 mi
  • Tsunami Wall: 14.1 mi
  • Center of Progress Cliff: 14.3 mi
  • summit fliff: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 41
  • Clintonville: 5.3 mi
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 6.3 mi
  • Bert Williams Farm: 9.3 mi
  • Northwest Bay Road: 15.0 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Alice Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Flume Falls: 12.9 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 13.0 mi
Museums: 27
  • Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Adsit Cabin: 10.3 mi
  • North Star Underground Railroad Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Adirondack history center museum: 12.0 mi
  • Adirondack History Museum: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Ausable Chasm: 11.0 mi
  • Potholes: 14.8 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 14.8 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 14.8 mi
  • Master Pothole: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 12.8 mi
  • Shelburne Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Westport Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Leddy Park Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Oakledge Cove: 17.9 mi
Gardens: 14
  • Formal Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Childrens Garden: 18.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Myrtle Street Avant Garden: 19.0 mi
Artworks: 10
Picnic sites: 6
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.4 miles of Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hog Back MountainSW 223°812 m4.2 mi
Bitch MountainWSW 244°796 m3.9 mi
Little Bluff MountainSW 214°746 m4.3 mi
Jug MountainWSW 248°742 m3.6 mi
Lincoln MountainWSW 247°714 m4.4 mi
Old Rang MountainNE 50°694 m2.8 mi
Carl MountainENE 66°682 m2.6 mi
Baldface MountainNE 46°673 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:07
June solstice05:1119:5820:43
September equinox06:4218:1518:54
December solstice07:2815:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202131445666716962493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willsboro 1 N, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1209909831

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