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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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The story

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

How to reach it

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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
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
Attractions: 8
  • Chimney Mountain: 8.5 mi
  • Newcomb Ski Slope: 10.6 mi
  • Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 10.7 mi
  • Tannery Pond Community Association: 12.9 mi
  • Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 8
Cliffs: 8
Nature reserves: 6
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
Museums: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rafting: 4.5 mi
  • Whitewater rafting: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Rt 30 Alien: 15.7 mi
  • Iron Cross: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Schroon Community Garden: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Bad Luck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dun Brook MountainNW1,086 m8.5 mi
Bullhead MountainS1,042 m8.2 mi
Vanderwhacker MountainNE1,033 m8.0 mi
Burgess MountainWSW973 m9.0 mi
Beaver MountainNE882 m5.7 mi
Peaked MountainSSE882 m5.9 mi
Slide MountainSSE873 m6.1 mi
Hour Pond MountainSSE868 m6.8 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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