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Finch Mountain

Finch Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Finch Mountain rises to 608 m in New York. Hamilton Mountain stands 980 m to the north-northwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Vly Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 2.8 miles off.

The story

Finch Mountain is a summit located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Wells southwest of the hamlet of Wells.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34868494, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
608 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.36007, -74.34931

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 35
  • Parker's Corner Park: 3.7 mi
  • shuffle board: 9.1 mi
  • Poplar Point Day Use Area: 10.7 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 12.9 mi
  • Edinburg Town Park: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Waterfalls: 14
  • West Stoney Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
  • first falls: 8.7 mi
  • Auger Falls: 9.0 mi
  • second falls: 9.6 mi
  • third falls: 9.7 mi
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 8
  • Lost Hunter's: 10.5 mi
  • McMartin: 10.8 mi
  • Lost T: 11.1 mi
  • Echo Cliff: 11.5 mi
  • Choss Factory: 12.6 mi
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 3
  • Mini Route 66: 9.5 mi
  • Chimney Mountain: 23.4 mi
  • Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 16.5 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 19.2 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 23.2 mi
  • Long Beach: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 23.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Finch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hamilton MountainNNW 346°980 m3.7 mi
Swart MountainNNW 327°933 m3.0 mi
Dugway MountainNW 309°904 m2.2 mi
Three Ponds MountainSSW 195°890 m4.3 mi
Speculator MountainN 3°882 m7.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 215°874 m4.8 mi
Blue Ridge MountainSSW 205°866 m6.4 mi
Moose MountainWSW 245°847 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1819:5820:42
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:3816:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395362666457443323
Precip in3.93.53.74.44.54.94.84.14.34.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357559549

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