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Black Spruce Mountain

Black Spruce Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Spruce Mountain rises to 716 m in New York. Number Nine Mountain stands 646 m to the northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Dude Ranch Trail passes 2.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34805565, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
716 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.42174, -73.76762

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charles R. Wood Park: 2.8 mi
  • Shepard Park: 2.8 mi
  • Usher Park: 3.5 mi
  • Calvin Engle Park: 4.8 mi
  • Gurney Lane Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 59
  • Unclassified: 3.4 mi
  • Harris Land Preserve: 4.6 mi
  • Van Dusen Preserve: 5.6 mi
  • Sullivan Preserve: 5.8 mi
  • Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 8.0 mi
Historic sites: 39
  • pump house: 2.2 mi
  • Father Jogues Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Fort George Ruins: 3.1 mi
  • Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Colonel Williams Monument: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 2.7 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 2.7 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 2.9 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 3.9 mi
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 5.0 mi
Museums: 23
Waterfalls: 16
  • Bear Slide: 5.4 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Shelving Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Cliffs: 9
  • Small Rocky overlook: 4.1 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 9.2 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 9.8 mi
  • New Buck: 10.0 mi
  • Ark Wall: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 8
Gardens: 5
Springs: 5
  • Old Red Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Congress Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 4

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Black Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Number Nine MountainNW 315°646 m8.5 mi
Phoebe MountainNNW 339°618 m1.5 mi
Burnt MountainWNW 295°618 m9.1 mi
Prospect MountainE 79°615 m1.1 mi
Bald MountainNW 307°602 m4.1 mi
Bear MountainW 260°599 m7.8 mi
Shingle MountainNNE 18°595 m1.4 mi
Thomas MountainWSW 247°591 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1519:5620:40
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2515:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192031445666706860483625
Precip in3.33.03.54.03.64.54.73.74.14.13.94.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls Farm, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357549253

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