Buckhorn Mountain
Buckhorn Mountain rises to 877 m in New York. South Pond Mountain stands 993 m to the north, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Macomber Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Wells is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 674 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Joshua Wells, a land agent, who built the first mills in the area. It is in the Adirondack Park and on the eastern border of the county. It is northwest of Schenectady.
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Wikidata Q34806718, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 877 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 16.0 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 16.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 17.2 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 7 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 13 mi
- Scenic View · 16 mi
- view · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Macomber Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Corner Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Moose Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Blue Hills: 3.3 mi
- Georgia Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Austin Falls: 3.2 mi
- Auger Falls: 3.9 mi
- Christine Falls: 4.4 mi
- Square Falls: 6.5 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 9.8 mi
- shuffle board: 6.9 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 9.7 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- Byron Park: 18.1 mi
- Waterfront Park: 20.5 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 3.5 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 9.0 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 12.5 mi
- Mill Creek Parking Area: 12.9 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 17.1 mi
- Wayout Wall: 12.2 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 12.6 mi
- Echo Cliff: 18.7 mi
- Moxham Point: 20.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Mini Route 66: 7.1 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 14.1 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 17.0 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 20.2 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 12.8 mi
- Long Beach: 12.9 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 16.6 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 21.6 mi
- Wayside Beach: 23.7 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 17.1 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 21.6 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 21.7 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 10.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 12.1 mi
- paint mine: 13.1 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 13.1 mi
- Frank Watkins: 20.0 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 11.6 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 20.6 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 17.4 mi
- Rafting: 18.3 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Buckhorn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Pond Mountain | N 0° | 993 m | 4.8 mi |
| Dug Mountain | NW 305° | 980 m | 7.5 mi |
| County Line Mountain | N 9° | 939 m | 6.3 mi |
| Humphrey Mountain | N 354° | 907 m | 7.9 mi |
| Macomber Mountain | SW 231° | 891 m | 1.2 mi |
| Mount Blue | E 89° | 885 m | 8.8 mi |
| Speculator Mountain | SW 235° | 882 m | 7.3 mi |
| Blue Hills | NE 51° | 877 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:37 | 16:24 |
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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945074 — Buckhorn Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357551337
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