Blue Ridge Mountain
Blue Ridge Mountain rises to 866 m in New York. Swart Mountain stands 933 m to the north, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Lake Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Blue Ridge Mountain is a summit located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Benson northwest of the hamlet of Upper Benson.
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Wikidata Q34805786, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 866 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 10.8 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 22.2 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 26.6 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 4 mi
- River Overlook · 16 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rock Lake Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Silver Lake Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Three Ponds Mountain: 2.3 mi
- White Lake Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 9.8 mi
- Waterfront Park: 12.2 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
- Willie Marsh: 13.5 mi
- Nathan Littauer Park: 14.7 mi
- Fulton County Jail (historic): 18.9 mi
- Fenton Farm: 19.1 mi
- World Trade Center Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 21.0 mi
- abandoned milk plant: 23.3 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 14.9 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 15.6 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 15.6 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 15.6 mi
- Karpeles Museum: 15.7 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 2.1 mi
- first falls: 12.5 mi
- second falls: 13.3 mi
- third falls: 13.4 mi
- Auger Falls: 15.4 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 6.0 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 15.7 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 17.6 mi
- LeVine Nature Preserve: 21.3 mi
- Hennig Preserve: 21.8 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 5.8 mi
- Lost T: 6.1 mi
- McMartin: 6.3 mi
- Choss Factory: 8.0 mi
- Echo Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 12.2 mi
- Elisha Yale: 14.8 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 15.2 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 24.7 mi
- Mini Route 66: 15.4 mi
- Caughnawaga Indian Village Site: 22.2 mi
- Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course: 22.3 mi
- I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 16.1 mi
- Perrella Sculpture Garden: 21.0 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 22.2 mi
- Schoharie Crossing Launch: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Blue Ridge Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swart Mountain | N 8° | 933 m | 8.4 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | N 8° | 904 m | 7.3 mi |
| Three Ponds Mountain | NE 44° | 890 m | 2.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 359° | 874 m | 1.9 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | SSW 197° | 850 m | 3.2 mi |
| Moose Mountain | NW 314° | 847 m | 4.4 mi |
| North Branch Mountain | WNW 283° | 829 m | 4.7 mi |
| Silver Lake Mountain | NNW 344° | 828 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:39 | 16:26 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357549600
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