Crown Point State Historic Site
Crown Point State Historic Site is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Hail Mountain stands 792 m to the west-southwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Gage's Redoubt, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 0.5 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 12.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 19.2 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 28.0 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 4 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 17 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 17 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coot Hill: 2.3 mi
- Colligan Hill: 3.2 mi
- Burns Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Bulwagga Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Walton Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 7.7 mi
- Red Rock Pond: 8.0 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 8.7 mi
- The Ledge: 10.7 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 6.7 mi
- Ballard Park: 10.7 mi
- Lee Park: 10.9 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 4.9 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 6.2 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Signal Buoy Island: 7.3 mi
- Cole Island: 7.9 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 10.8 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 12.3 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 12.9 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 13.3 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 13.3 mi
- Gage's Redoubt: 0.2 mi
- Fort Crown Point: 0.3 mi
- Historic Redoubt: 0.5 mi
- Fort Saint-Frédéric: 0.5 mi
- Meacham House: 1.6 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 0.4 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 0.9 mi
- The Iron Center: 1.6 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 8.7 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- Smog: 12.7 mi
- Bench and Table: 12.7 mi
- Youbie Obie: 12.8 mi
- Frisbee Dog: 12.8 mi
- King Kong: 12.9 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 1.2 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 1.9 mi
- Westport Beach: 10.9 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 15.5 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 19.8 mi
- Nature preserve: 4.4 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 10.6 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 12.3 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 17.8 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 21.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 1.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 1.6 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 1.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 15.5 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 13.0 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 13.0 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 22.5 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 13.4 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 21.8 mi
- Lucky Seven: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Crown Point State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail Mountain | WSW 253° | 792 m | 8.8 mi |
| Moose Mountain | WSW 242° | 732 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 257° | 705 m | 6.7 mi |
| Stiles Hill | WNW 288° | 682 m | 8.5 mi |
| Harris Hill | W 268° | 673 m | 8.2 mi |
| Lock Mountain | W 261° | 629 m | 7.9 mi |
| Blue Hill | WSW 254° | 627 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 332° | 624 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 12 mi away.
- Osprey62 obs
- viper's-bugloss57 obs
- Bald Eagle33 obs
- Common Merganser25 obs
- Mallard24 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant23 obs
- Common Goldeneye22 obs
- Canada Goose21 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/429406970
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 5 mi
- Westport · 11 mi
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Middlebury · 14 mi
- Essex · 20 mi
- Charlotte · 22 mi
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