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First Brother Primitive Area

First Brother Primitive Area from directly overhead

First Brother Primitive Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 373 m. Pharaoh Mountain stands 772 m to the north, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is First Brother, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 12 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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Coordinates43.74356, -73.66479

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 36
  • Town of Horicon: 6.3 mi
  • Bandstand Park: 7.9 mi
  • Hague Town Beach Park: 8.3 mi
  • Peggy's Point: 8.4 mi
  • Rogers Rock Campground Entrance: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 32
Historic sites: 27
  • Bandstand: 8.0 mi
  • Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 12.9 mi
  • Liberty Monument: 13.6 mi
  • Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Museums: 14
Picnic sites: 14
Attractions: 10
  • Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 9.4 mi
  • Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 14.0 mi
  • Tannery Pond Community Association: 16.3 mi
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 19.7 mi
  • Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Beaches: 8
  • Park beach: 7.9 mi
  • Hague Town Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 18.3 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Schroon Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Whitewater rafting: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of First Brother Primitive Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pharaoh MountainN 4°772 m5.2 mi
Pharoah MountainN 4°772 m5.2 mi
Catamount MountainSE 126°702 m6.5 mi
Treadway MountainNNE 20°684 m6.7 mi
Barton MountainENE 66°670 m4.3 mi
Stevens MountainNE 37°659 m2.3 mi
Big Clear Pond MountainNNE 24°657 m7.4 mi
Pine HillNE 54°637 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1419:5720:41
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2615:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429545545

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