Balm of Gilead Mountain
Balm of Gilead Mountain rises to 736 m in New York. Gore Mountain stands 1,086 m to the east-southeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Harvey Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34804168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 736 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 5.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 10.0 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 19.7 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 12 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 12 mi
- River Overlook · 19 mi
- Summit View · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harvey Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Thirteenth Lake Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Big Thirteenth Lake Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Pete Gay Mountain: 2.6 mi
- South Mountain: 2.7 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 7.3 mi
- Square Falls: 8.0 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 10.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 11.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.6 mi
- Courtney Park: 9.8 mi
- Byron Park: 9.9 mi
- Town of Horicon: 17.4 mi
- shuffle board: 19.1 mi
- Bandstand Park: 19.3 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 4.5 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 5.1 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 13.7 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 17.1 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 21.1 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 1.9 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 5.5 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 12.7 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 18.7 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 5.3 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 10.8 mi
- Long Beach: 10.8 mi
- Park beach: 19.3 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 20.2 mi
- paint mine: 11.2 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 12.3 mi
- Bandstand: 19.3 mi
- Pendleton: 19.9 mi
- Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 24.0 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 5.3 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 17.6 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 19.1 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 20.7 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 24.1 mi
- Moxham Point: 7.6 mi
- Wayout Wall: 11.0 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 12.1 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 21.6 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.7 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 16.3 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 24.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 24.6 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 3.8 mi
- Rafting: 10.9 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 15.5 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Tahawus: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Balm of Gilead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Mountain | ESE 124° | 1,086 m | 2.8 mi |
| Puffer Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,048 m | 5.7 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | W 264° | 1,042 m | 4.5 mi |
| Eleventh Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,004 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pete Gay Mountain | E 96° | 944 m | 2.6 mi |
| County Line Mountain | SW 222° | 939 m | 7.8 mi |
| Humphrey Mountain | WSW 240° | 907 m | 8.2 mi |
| Height of Land Mountain | SSE 149° | 897 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:36 | 16:23 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 942940 — Balm of Gilead Mountain, Warren County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357546540
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- Lake George · 27 mi
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