The Saddles State Forest
The Saddles State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is West Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 1.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 11.0 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 15.2 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Kane's Falls · 8 mi
- Fort George Ruins · 16 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 16 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Mountain: 0.8 mi
- The Saddles: 1.3 mi
- Little Diameter: 1.6 mi
- The Diameter: 1.9 mi
- Vanderburg Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 2.5 mi
- Ward Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
- Hazel Island: 7.2 mi
- Sarah Island: 7.2 mi
- Log Bay Island: 8.3 mi
- Lafayette's Tour: 2.6 mi
- Old Champlain Canal Lock 19: 6.4 mi
- The Stand Against Burgoyne: 8.4 mi
- Fort Anne: 8.5 mi
- Fort Anne: 8.5 mi
- Dolph Pond State Forest: 3.2 mi
- East Bay Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- future preserve: 7.6 mi
- Leeming Jelliffe Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Protected Land (No Access): 9.6 mi
- Ark Wall: 7.5 mi
- New Buck: 8.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Deer Leap: 9.1 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 9.2 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 15.4 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 15.5 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 15.6 mi
- Ballard Farm: 16.1 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 16.2 mi
- Skenesborough Museum: 2.5 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Hartford Museum: 12.3 mi
- Pember Library and Museum: 13.0 mi
- Slate Valley Museum: 13.0 mi
- Fishbrook Pond Picnic Site: 5.3 mi
- Commission Point Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Island: 7.7 mi
- West Dollar Island: 7.9 mi
- West Dollar Is Day Use Area: 8.0 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 10.8 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 14.5 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 17.5 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 18.3 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 19.8 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 7.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.7 mi
- Uncas Falls: 10.7 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 21.6 mi
- Mead's Falls: 22.2 mi
- Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Arboretum: 16.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 18.3 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.2 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.3 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 10.8 mi
- Mandala II: 14.2 mi
- Oculus: 23.5 mi
- The Leash Sculpture: 23.8 mi
- Rutland Water Fountain: 23.9 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of The Saddles State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NW 318° | 805 m | 6.3 mi |
| Erebus Mountain | WNW 297° | 765 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | WNW 285° | 715 m | 5.3 mi |
| Buck Mountain | W 261° | 711 m | 7.6 mi |
| Catamount Mountain | NNW 332° | 702 m | 11.8 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | NW 317° | 688 m | 9.6 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | NW 319° | 680 m | 9.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WSW 247° | 658 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
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, 3 mi away.
- Painted Turtle29 obs
- Great Blue Heron17 obs
- Wood Duck14 obs
- Northern Map Turtle11 obs
- Central Ratsnake9 obs
- Common Watersnake8 obs
- Eastern Newt7 obs
- Mallard6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/428378904
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 8 mi
- Crown Point · 28 mi
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