Balfour Mountain
Balfour Mountain rises to 727 m in New York. Hoffman Mountain stands 1,129 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Rankin Pond Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34804161, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 727 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 7.4 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 13.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 22.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 1 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 20 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 24 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rankin Pond Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Crusher Hill: 1.6 mi
- Buck Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Hewitt Pond Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Lost Pond Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Moxham Point: 7.9 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 15.5 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 17.6 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 6.3 mi
- Schroon Falls: 13.6 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 16.6 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 16.9 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 19.0 mi
- Pendleton: 12.4 mi
- Bandstand: 12.8 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 15.1 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 17.9 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 7.5 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 15.1 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 15.4 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 16.0 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 19.3 mi
- Courtney Park: 7.6 mi
- Bandstand Park: 12.8 mi
- Byron Park: 13.1 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 14.9 mi
- Town of Horicon: 18.6 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 10.4 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 11.4 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 11.5 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 12.3 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 16.1 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 11.9 mi
- Park beach: 12.9 mi
- Long Beach: 18.7 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 18.7 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 20.9 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 11.1 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 18.5 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 20.8 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 24.3 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 8.7 mi
- Rafting: 14.1 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 20.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 23.6 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Tahawus: 13.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Balfour Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,129 m | 10.5 mi |
| Vanderwhacker Mountain | WNW 302° | 1,033 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bailey Hill | ENE 59° | 931 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sand Pond Mountain | NE 52° | 893 m | 8.2 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | W 275° | 882 m | 5.1 mi |
| Green Mountain | SE 125° | 852 m | 3.6 mi |
| Hayes Mountain | E 83° | 834 m | 4.8 mi |
| Ruby Mountain | SSW 209° | 805 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357546440
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 28 mi
- Crown Point · 29 mi
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