Big Shanty Mountain
Big Shanty Mountain rises to 710 m in New York. Gore Mountain stands 1,086 m to the northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Diamond Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34805342, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 710 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 8.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 11.0 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 17.4 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic View · 8 mi
- view · 11 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 11 mi
- River Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Diamond Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Big Bear Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Bear Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Siamese Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Little Hopkins Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Byron Park: 12.8 mi
- shuffle board: 14.2 mi
- Courtney Park: 14.5 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 17.7 mi
- Town of Horicon: 19.5 mi
- Square Falls: 2.7 mi
- Austin Falls: 11.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 11.2 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.2 mi
- Christine Falls: 11.6 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 4.9 mi
- Mill Creek Parking Area: 8.0 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 10.5 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 10.8 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 11.7 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 5.9 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 9.0 mi
- Mini Route 66: 14.2 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 16.5 mi
- paint mine: 9.1 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 9.9 mi
- Frank Watkins: 20.6 mi
- Bandstand: 23.7 mi
- Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 24.2 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 9.1 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 14.4 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 19.7 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 23.0 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 24.2 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 8.7 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 10.4 mi
- Long Beach: 10.4 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 19.0 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 22.3 mi
- Wayout Wall: 8.5 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 9.4 mi
- Moxham Point: 12.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 10.7 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 12.0 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 13.2 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 9.2 mi
- Rafting: 13.4 mi
- Community Garden: 23.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 23.7 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 11.7 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 13.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Big Shanty Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Mountain | NE 48° | 1,086 m | 5.5 mi |
| Puffer Mountain | NW 310° | 1,048 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,042 m | 5.5 mi |
| Eleventh Mountain | E 97° | 1,004 m | 2.9 mi |
| South Pond Mountain | WSW 246° | 993 m | 4.9 mi |
| Pete Gay Mountain | NE 41° | 944 m | 6.6 mi |
| County Line Mountain | W 261° | 939 m | 3.6 mi |
| Humphrey Mountain | W 281° | 907 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357548896
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 28 mi
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