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Fifth Peak

Fifth Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Fifth Peak rises to 553 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the east-southeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is French Point Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 6.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34868447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
553 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.61922, -73.58444

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hazel Island: 2.4 mi
  • Sarah Island: 2.5 mi
  • Pleasure Island: 3.1 mi
  • Log Bay Island: 4.7 mi
  • Huckleberry Island: 4.8 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 5.6 mi
  • Lafayette's Tour: 10.2 mi
  • Old Champlain Canal Lock 19: 13.8 mi
  • The Stand Against Burgoyne: 14.6 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Cliffs: 28
  • Deer Leap: 3.6 mi
  • Ark Wall: 4.1 mi
  • Uncas Cliff: 5.7 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 7.7 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 14.9 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 15.1 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 15.1 mi
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 15.3 mi
  • Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 16.1 mi
Museums: 19
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Town of Horicon Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Skenesborough Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Lake George Historical Association: 14.8 mi
  • House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Beaches: 11
  • Hague Town Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Park beach: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Gardens: 6
  • Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 18.4 mi
  • Arboretum: 18.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 18.9 mi
  • Mandala II: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 14.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Whitewater rafting: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Fifth Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE 108°805 m2.8 mi
Erebus MountainSSE 151°765 m3.4 mi
Sleeping BeautySSE 158°715 m4.6 mi
Buck MountainS 185°711 m6.9 mi
Catamount MountainNNE 15°702 m4.9 mi
Fivemile MountainNNE 14°688 m1.4 mi
Huckleberry MountainNNE 17°680 m1.8 mi
Pilot KnobS 187°658 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1419:5620:40
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357559488

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