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Elephant Mountain

Elephant Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Elephant Mountain rises to 580 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the south-southwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 3.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34821943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
580 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.62395, -73.51928

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hazel Island: 4.0 mi
  • Sarah Island: 4.0 mi
  • Pleasure Island: 5.4 mi
  • Log Bay Island: 6.7 mi
  • Huckleberry Island: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • Lafayette's Tour: 7.6 mi
  • Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 8.2 mi
  • Old Champlain Canal Lock 19: 12.8 mi
  • The Stand Against Burgoyne: 14.2 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Cliffs: 28
  • Deer Leap: 2.2 mi
  • Uncas Cliff: 4.1 mi
  • Ark Wall: 5.8 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 9.2 mi
  • New Buck: 9.5 mi
Museums: 21
Attractions: 20
  • Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 16.2 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 16.9 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 17.0 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 17.0 mi
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Beaches: 9
  • Hague Town Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Park beach: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Gardens: 6
  • Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 19.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 16.0 mi
  • Mandala II: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 11.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Elephant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainSSW 206°805 m1.3 mi
Erebus MountainSSW 206°765 m3.7 mi
Sleeping BeautySSW 199°715 m4.8 mi
Buck MountainSSW 208°711 m8.1 mi
Catamount MountainNNW 336°702 m4.9 mi
Fivemile MountainWNW 290°688 m3.1 mi
Huckleberry MountainWNW 297°680 m3.1 mi
Beech MountainNNW 341°630 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1319:5620:40
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2515:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 949469 — Elephant Mountain, Washington County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357558027

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