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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.

About

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

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.72701, -74.34210

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Chimney Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 14.4 mi
  • Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 14.6 mi
  • Mini Route 66: 15.9 mi
  • Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 16.8 mi
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
Nature reserves: 7
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: 4
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 3.4 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 6.3 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
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 1.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Beaver Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainSW 230°1,166 m2.9 mi
Panther MountainWNW 285°1,146 m2.5 mi
Wakely MountainW 274°1,143 m8.7 mi
Blue MountainNNW 344°1,143 m10.5 mi
Lewey MountainSW 229°1,117 m6.6 mi
Buell MountainWSW 257°1,114 m3.3 mi
Puffer MountainESE 122°1,048 m8.4 mi
Bullhead MountainESE 109°1,042 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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