Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain rises to 805 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the east-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Owls Head, a peak 0.4 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34805754, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 805 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 8.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 12.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 24.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Owls Head: 0.4 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 0.9 mi
- Shed Hill: 1.1 mi
- Knapp Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mount Alton: 1.6 mi
- Moss Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 5.8 mi
- Great Wall: 10.6 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Weeping Winds: 11.5 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
- High Falls (Main): 5.9 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 5.9 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 5.9 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 5.9 mi
- Brewster Park: 7.1 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 7.2 mi
- Mid's Park: 7.2 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 7.5 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 7.5 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 7.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 7.5 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 8.9 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 5.8 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 5.9 mi
- Master Pothole: 5.9 mi
- Potholes: 5.9 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 5.9 mi
- Henry's Woods: 9.1 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 10.2 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 10.2 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 10.4 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 7.6 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 7.6 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 8.6 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 8.9 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 9.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 8.9 mi
- Goolds Garden: 13.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 4.4 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 7.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 22.2 mi
- Tahawus: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Blue Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,466 m | 4.0 mi |
| Esther Mountain | E 96° | 1,293 m | 4.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,242 m | 4.4 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | SE 144° | 1,182 m | 7.8 mi |
| Moose Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,180 m | 3.3 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | SE 135° | 1,174 m | 8.6 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | SW 216° | 1,165 m | 4.9 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,111 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944316 — Blue Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357549574
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- Elizabethtown · 23 mi
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