Blue Hill
Blue Hill rises to 711 m in New York. Moose Mountain stands 1,180 m to the southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Franklin County, New York, United States
Wikidata Q34805726, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 711 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 8.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.3 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 28.4 mi off the Military Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Jones Hill: 0.8 mi
- Murry Hill: 1.6 mi
- Skiff Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Buck Hill: 2.8 mi
- Meenahga Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Brighton Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- The Great Lawn: 5.2 mi
- Town of Harrietstown Bike Park: 8.0 mi
- Ampersand Park: 8.0 mi
- Denny Park: 8.2 mi
- Monument Falls: 14.9 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 15.2 mi
- High Falls (Main): 15.2 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 15.2 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 15.2 mi
- Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area: 9.4 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 10.2 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 15.1 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 15.2 mi
- Master Pothole: 15.2 mi
- Henry's Woods: 15.1 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 15.3 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 16.1 mi
- Deer River Primitive Area: 18.0 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 18.6 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 13.1 mi
- Moss Cliff: 13.7 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 17.1 mi
- summit fliff: 17.3 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 17.5 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 13.9 mi
- World War Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 15.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 3.9 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 8.2 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 8.5 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 13.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.0 mi
- Goolds Garden: 4.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 5.2 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 7.2 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.0 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 23.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Blue Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Mountain | SE 133° | 1,180 m | 9.9 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | SE 143° | 1,165 m | 9.7 mi |
| Loon Lake Mountain | N 359° | 1,014 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Alton | ESE 121° | 974 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Tamarac | SE 143° | 945 m | 10.5 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SSE 152° | 873 m | 10.0 mi |
| Saint Regis Mountain | WSW 253° | 865 m | 9.4 mi |
| Kate Mountain | NE 56° | 863 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saranac LK Adirondack Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357595877
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