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Bad Luck Mountain

Bad Luck Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bad Luck Mountain rises to 653 m in New York. Dun Brook Mountain stands 1,086 m to the northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 2.1 miles off.

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Bad Luck Mountain is a mountain located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Indian Lake east-northeast of Indian Lake.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34802446, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
653 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.80756, -74.19404

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 17
  • OK Slip Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Beaver Brook Waterfall: 10.1 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 10.1 mi
  • Square Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 11
Parks: 9
  • Byron Park: 3.5 mi
  • Courtney Park: 13.4 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 15.7 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 16.0 mi
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 16.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
Cliffs: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Long Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 9.7 mi
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Silver Beach: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.2 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 14.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
Museums: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rafting: 4.5 mi
  • Whitewater rafting: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Rt 30 Alien: 15.7 mi
  • Iron Cross: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 10.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Schroon Community Garden: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Bad Luck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dun Brook MountainNW 313°1,086 m8.5 mi
Bullhead MountainS 177°1,042 m8.2 mi
Vanderwhacker MountainNE 38°1,033 m8.0 mi
Beaver MountainSW 233°981 m9.2 mi
Burgess MountainWSW 245°973 m9.0 mi
Beaver MountainNE 41°882 m5.7 mi
Peaked MountainSSE 158°882 m5.9 mi
Slide MountainSSE 153°873 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:09
June solstice05:1519:5920:43
September equinox06:4518:1818:56
December solstice07:2815:3616:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395160646356443322
Precip in3.02.53.23.73.94.44.04.03.54.53.53.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357545808

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