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Beaver Mountain

Beaver Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Beaver Mountain rises to 981 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the southwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Porter Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 1.3 miles off.

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The story

Beaver Mountain, formerly known as Squaw Mountain, is a mountain located in Adirondack Mountains in Hamilton County, New York, United States, in the Town of Indian Lake south-southwest of Indian Lake.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34910396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
981 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.72701, -74.34210

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 11
Parks: 8
  • Byron Park: 5.8 mi
  • shuffle board: 16.3 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 17.0 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 17.3 mi
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Chimney Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 14.4 mi
  • Mini Route 66: 15.9 mi
  • Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 16.8 mi
  • Tannery Pond Community Association: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Long Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 2.7 mi
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Silver Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 17.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Sugar Shack Ruins: 14.1 mi
  • Gate House Ruins: 15.1 mi
  • Pendleton: 17.9 mi
  • paint mine: 21.9 mi
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 3.4 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 9.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.8 mi
Museums: 3
Springs: 2
  • Rafting: 5.1 mi
  • Whitewater rafting: 14.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Rt 30 Alien: 7.0 mi
  • Iron Cross: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Beaver Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainSW1,166 m2.9 mi
Panther MountainWNW1,146 m2.5 mi
Wakely MountainW1,143 m8.7 mi
Blue MountainNNW1,143 m10.5 mi
Lewey MountainSW1,117 m6.6 mi
Buell MountainWSW1,114 m3.3 mi
Puffer MountainESE1,048 m8.4 mi
Bullhead MountainESE1,042 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1619:5920:43
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2915:3716:24

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357590839

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