Alder Bed Mountain
Alder Bed Mountain rises to 620 m in New York. Buck Mountain stands 769 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34802080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 620 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.1 mi off the Black River Trail
- 20.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 26.4 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Maple Hill: 2.6 mi
- Round Hill: 3.1 mi
- Sitz Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Francis Hill: 3.8 mi
- Panther Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Balsam Creek State Forest: 12.4 mi
- Diana Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 14.5 mi
- Pitcairn Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 15.0 mi
- Toothaker Creek State Forest: 17.4 mi
- Bonaparte's Cave State Forest: 17.6 mi
- High Falls: 7.8 mi
- Copper Rock Falls: 18.8 mi
- Copper Rock Falls: 18.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 19.7 mi
- Flat Rock Falls: 20.5 mi
- Town of Diana Historical Soc: 16.2 mi
- American Maple Museum: 19.1 mi
- Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Depot & Railroad Museum: 19.1 mi
- Big Rock: 21.6 mi
- McCauley Mountain Ski Area: 23.0 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 24.5 mi
- Fourth Lake Day Use Area: 21.4 mi
- Black River Waterway Access: 24.2 mi
- Jayville: 11.3 mi
- Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 13.5 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 21.8 mi
- The Crags: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Alder Bed Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Mountain | ESE 114° | 769 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mount Tom | SE 137° | 745 m | 15.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ENE 68° | 736 m | 17.7 mi |
| Rampart Mountain | ENE 65° | 733 m | 17.9 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | ENE 68° | 732 m | 14.9 mi |
| Summit Mountain | ESE 105° | 719 m | 7.0 mi |
| Twitchell Mountain | SE 146° | 717 m | 13.6 mi |
| East Mountain | NE 56° | 712 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:03 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:38 | 16:26 |
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 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 39 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stillwater Rsvr, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 942262 — Alder Bed Mountain, Herkimer County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357544421
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