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Big Popple

Big Popple, seen from above at true elevation

Big Popple rises to 493 m in New York. Hamilton Mountain stands 980 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Popple, a peak 0.3 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 2.2 miles off.

The story

Big Popple is a summit located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Benson north-northeast of the hamlet of Upper Benson.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34805325, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
493 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.33618, -74.31625

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 43
  • Parker's Corner Park: 4.0 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 10.6 mi
  • shuffle board: 10.9 mi
  • Poplar Point Day Use Area: 13.0 mi
  • Edinburg Town Park: 14.7 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Waterfalls: 15
  • West Stoney Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
  • first falls: 7.1 mi
  • second falls: 8.0 mi
  • third falls: 8.0 mi
  • Auger Falls: 9.7 mi
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 8
  • Lost Hunter's: 11.1 mi
  • McMartin: 11.5 mi
  • Lost T: 11.6 mi
  • Choss Factory: 13.3 mi
  • Echo Cliff: 13.6 mi
Historic sites: 7
Artworks: 5
Beaches: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Mini Route 66: 11.3 mi
  • Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course: 21.8 mi
  • Chimney Mountain: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 18.4 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 21.0 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Big Popple. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hamilton MountainNNW 334°980 m5.8 mi
Swart MountainNW 322°933 m5.3 mi
Dugway MountainNW 312°904 m4.5 mi
Three Ponds MountainSW 228°890 m3.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 243°874 m5.0 mi
Blue Ridge MountainSW 227°866 m6.1 mi
Moose MountainW 262°847 m7.6 mi
Wallace MountainSSW 195°828 m2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:10
June solstice05:1819:5820:42
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:3816:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395362666457443323
Precip in3.93.53.74.44.54.94.84.14.34.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357598397

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