The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 266 m. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 6.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lake George Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 6.3 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 12.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 18.1 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Summit View · 6 mi
- Flag View · 6 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 9 mi
- Lake George Panorama · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rogers Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Recluse Island: 1.8 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 3.1 mi
- Log Bay Island: 3.4 mi
- Cat Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Federal Hill: 1.9 mi
- Lamb Hill: 2.6 mi
- Thomas Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Shelving Rock Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Bolton Time Capsule: 1.2 mi
- Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Father Jogues Monument: 9.8 mi
- Fort George Ruins: 9.9 mi
- pump house: 10.3 mi
- Trout Lake: 1.1 mi
- LGLC Wing Pond: 4.3 mi
- Godwin Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Protected Land (No Access): 5.8 mi
- Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Ark Wall: 4.2 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 4.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 4.5 mi
- New Buck: 5.6 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 8.5 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 8.9 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 9.3 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 9.5 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 9.5 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 11.4 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 1.2 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 9.2 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 9.2 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 9.3 mi
- Fort William Henry: 9.6 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 3.1 mi
- Log Bay Island: 3.4 mi
- Little As You Were Island: 4.4 mi
- Commission Point Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- West Dollar Island: 5.7 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 3.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.4 mi
- Uncas Falls: 11.9 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 12.2 mi
- Bear Slide: 14.4 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 7.1 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 11.1 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 15.8 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 18.1 mi
- Wayside Beach: 18.1 mi
- Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Arboretum: 14.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.6 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.6 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 19.5 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 22.3 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | ENE 65° | 805 m | 8.1 mi |
| Erebus Mountain | ENE 78° | 765 m | 6.5 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | E 89° | 715 m | 6.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ESE 122° | 711 m | 4.9 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | NE 42° | 688 m | 7.6 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | NE 41° | 680 m | 8.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 143° | 658 m | 5.9 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | NNW 334° | 619 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 33 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/712720467
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 7 mi
- Crown Point · 30 mi
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