Camel Mountain
Camel Mountain rises to 820 m in New York. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the north-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Camels Hump, a peak 0.2 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34807423, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 820 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 14.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 15.2 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 21.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 9 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 9 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 9 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Camels Hump: 0.2 mi
- Old Far Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Niagara Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Far Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Nippletop Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 4.8 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 5.2 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 7.5 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 7.6 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 4.7 mi
- The Falls: 6.0 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 6.7 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 6.9 mi
- Schroon Falls: 8.0 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 5.3 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 9.3 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 11.6 mi
- Bandstand Park: 12.5 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 15.5 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 8.1 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 11.1 mi
- Bandstand: 12.5 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 4.9 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 8.2 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 11.8 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 16.2 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 14.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 16.5 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 16.5 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 16.5 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 19.3 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 12.3 mi
- The Iron Center: 14.5 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 15.8 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 15.9 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 15.9 mi
- Park beach: 12.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 14.5 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 14.7 mi
- Westport Beach: 19.4 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 21.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 14.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 14.5 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 14.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 15.8 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.6 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.7 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 2.1 mi
- Tahawus: 15.3 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Camel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,473 m | 5.0 mi |
| Beck-horn | NNW 337° | 1,455 m | 4.8 mi |
| Nippletop | NW 326° | 1,393 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hough Peak | NNW 337° | 1,341 m | 4.0 mi |
| Macomb Mountain | NW 326° | 1,336 m | 3.0 mi |
| South Dix | NNW 336° | 1,242 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Colvin | NW 321° | 1,235 m | 7.0 mi |
| Grace Peak | N 351° | 1,227 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:33 | 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, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945519 — Camel Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357552048
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Crown Point · 16 mi
- Westport · 19 mi
- Essex · 28 mi
- Lake George · 30 mi
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