Big Hedgehog Mountain
Big Hedgehog Mountain rises to 601 m in New York. Hamilton Mountain stands 980 m to the east-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Hedgehog Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34805245, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 601 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 4.0 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 27.7 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 27.9 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 10 mi
- view east · 11 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Hedgehog Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Jackson Summit: 0.7 mi
- Grindstone Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Fox Hill: 1.3 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 5.6 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 8.9 mi
- shuffle board: 10.0 mi
- Waterfront Park: 17.8 mi
- Adirondack State Park: 19.7 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Christine Falls: 12.5 mi
- Auger Falls: 12.8 mi
- Austin Falls: 12.9 mi
- first falls: 14.5 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 11.1 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 13.0 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 15.9 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 17.8 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 19.4 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 10.2 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 20.9 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 20.9 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 22.0 mi
- Karpeles Museum: 22.8 mi
- Echo Cliff: 5.9 mi
- McMartin: 7.4 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 7.4 mi
- Lost T: 8.2 mi
- Choss Factory: 9.0 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 17.8 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 18.5 mi
- Elisha Yale: 21.9 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 22.3 mi
- 1889: 22.5 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 16.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 22.3 mi
- Mini Route 66: 10.2 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 24.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 23.7 mi
- Long Beach: 23.7 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 23.2 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Big Hedgehog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Mountain | ENE 59° | 980 m | 5.6 mi |
| Swart Mountain | ENE 66° | 933 m | 4.5 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | E 81° | 904 m | 4.1 mi |
| Three Ponds Mountain | SE 136° | 890 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSE 147° | 874 m | 5.5 mi |
| Stacy Mountain | NW 314° | 868 m | 6.6 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | SSE 155° | 866 m | 7.2 mi |
| Moose Mountain | S 183° | 847 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 972107 — Big Hedgehog Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598409
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