Forks Mountain
Forks Mountain rises to 468 m in New York. South Pond Mountain stands 993 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Auger Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Forks Mountain is a summit located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Wells northeast of the hamlet of Wells. It is named Forks Mountain due to it being inside the Fork where the East Branch Sacandaga River meets the Sacandaga River.
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Wikidata Q34822308, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 468 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 16.5 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 7.2 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 18.9 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 7 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 17 mi
- view east · 18 mi
- Summit View · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Orchard: 2.7 mi
- Steve Bigle Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Macomber Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Georgia Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Pettit Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Auger Falls: 0.8 mi
- Austin Falls: 3.7 mi
- Christine Falls: 5.3 mi
- first falls: 8.1 mi
- second falls: 8.6 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 5.6 mi
- shuffle board: 6.4 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 15.6 mi
- Waterfront Park: 16.5 mi
- Edinburg Town Park: 18.9 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 1.1 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 12.1 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 12.9 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 16.1 mi
- Unclassified: 20.2 mi
- Wayout Wall: 14.3 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 14.3 mi
- Echo Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 19.3 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 16.7 mi
- Long Beach: 16.7 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 20.2 mi
- Wayside Beach: 22.0 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 22.3 mi
- Mini Route 66: 6.8 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 15.8 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 18.0 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 20.6 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 20.7 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 17.8 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 17.9 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 20.8 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 12.3 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 14.0 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 14.4 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 16.5 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 14.8 mi
- paint mine: 15.1 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 21.4 mi
- Rafting: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Forks Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Pond Mountain | N 4° | 993 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hamilton Mountain | WSW 244° | 980 m | 7.5 mi |
| Swart Mountain | WSW 240° | 933 m | 8.6 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | SW 234° | 904 m | 9.3 mi |
| Macomber Mountain | N 355° | 891 m | 3.5 mi |
| Speculator Mountain | W 271° | 882 m | 5.4 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | N 8° | 877 m | 4.3 mi |
| Blue Hills | NNE 27° | 877 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:37 | 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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 950452 — Forks Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357560224
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