Castle Rock
Castle Rock rises to 753 m in New York. Panther Mountain stands 1,146 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Peaked Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Pillar in Hamilton County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q48742003, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 753 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 1.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 6.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 24.0 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 14 mi
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 18 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 23 mi
- River Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peaked Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Little Blue Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Blue Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 2.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 14.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 14.2 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 18.6 mi
- Upper Falls: 19.6 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 6.6 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 6.9 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 7.2 mi
- Byron Park: 12.5 mi
- Fourth Lake Day Use Area: 23.2 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 9.9 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 13.2 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 19.1 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 20.0 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 24.0 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 10.3 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 15.7 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 17.6 mi
- Big Rock: 21.1 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 24.2 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 2.2 mi
- Silver Beach: 7.7 mi
- Long Beach: 14.7 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 14.8 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 10.4 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 11.1 mi
- Pendleton: 14.2 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 24.8 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 1.8 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 23.8 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 24.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 2.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 15.3 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 19.7 mi
- Iron Cross: 10.2 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 17.2 mi
- Rafting: 11.5 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 23.0 mi
- The Crags: 9.6 mi
- Tahawus: 24.0 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,146 m | 10.4 mi |
| Blue Mountain | E 94° | 1,143 m | 3.3 mi |
| Wakely Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,143 m | 10.0 mi |
| Buell Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,114 m | 11.5 mi |
| Dun Brook Mountain | E 82° | 1,086 m | 7.5 mi |
| Fishing Brook Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,082 m | 9.5 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,038 m | 11.9 mi |
| Kempshall Mountain | NE 34° | 1,021 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:36 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8731887084
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