Finch Mountain
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.
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Wikidata Q34868494, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 608 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 8.1 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 22.4 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 27.8 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 10 mi
- view east · 10 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vly Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Devorse Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Little Roundtop Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Third Popple: 2.1 mi
- Dugway Mountain: 2.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 6.6 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 9.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 17.6 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 21.2 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 23.1 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 15.7 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 15.8 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 20.3 mi
- Karpeles Museum: 21.1 mi
- 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
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 12.9 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 19.0 mi
- Elisha Yale: 20.2 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 20.7 mi
- Fenton Farm: 23.1 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 23.2 mi
- paint mine: 23.7 mi
- Fulton County Jail (historic): 24.7 mi
- Mini Route 66: 9.5 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 23.4 mi
- Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course: 24.1 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 16.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 19.2 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 23.2 mi
- Long Beach: 23.2 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 21.6 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Mountain | NNW 346° | 980 m | 3.7 mi |
| Swart Mountain | NNW 327° | 933 m | 3.0 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | NW 309° | 904 m | 2.2 mi |
| Three Ponds Mountain | SSW 195° | 890 m | 4.3 mi |
| Speculator Mountain | N 3° | 882 m | 7.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 215° | 874 m | 4.8 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | SSW 205° | 866 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | SSE 166° | 828 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:38 | 16:25 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357559549
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