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French Mountain

French Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

French Mountain rises to 439 m in New York. Black Spruce Mountain stands 716 m to the west-northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Usher Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 1.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34869923, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
439 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.40785, -73.67345

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Usher Park: 1.5 mi
  • Charles R. Wood Park: 2.1 mi
  • Shepard Park: 2.3 mi
  • Glen Lake Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
  • Ridge/Jenkinsville Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Sullivan Preserve: 2.8 mi
  • Van Dusen Preserve: 4.8 mi
  • Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • Elk's Preserve: 5.1 mi
  • Protected Land (No Access): 5.8 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • Fort George Ruins: 1.7 mi
  • Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Father Jogues Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Colonel Williams Monument: 2.5 mi
  • pump house: 2.6 mi
Museums: 24
Attractions: 23
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 1.7 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 2.0 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 2.3 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 2.3 mi
  • Rocky's Ranger Planes: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Bear Slide: 10.0 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Shelving Rock Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Cliffs: 9
  • Small Rocky overlook: 2.0 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 7.2 mi
  • New Buck: 7.3 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 7.7 mi
  • Ark Wall: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 5
Springs: 5
  • Old Red Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Congress Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Standard Time: 23.1 mi
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 23.3 mi
  • Devils Armchair: 23.4 mi
  • For Euler: 23.4 mi
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 22.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of French Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Spruce MountainWNW 282°716 m4.8 mi
Buck MountainNNE 27°711 m8.7 mi
Pilot KnobNNE 31°658 m6.5 mi
Phoebe MountainWNW 294°618 m5.8 mi
Prospect MountainWNW 288°615 m3.8 mi
Bald MountainWNW 293°602 m8.7 mi
Shingle MountainWNW 298°595 m4.9 mi
Cat MountainN 351°593 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1519:5620:40
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:2515:3516:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202232455765706860483727
Precip in2.61.92.83.13.43.74.33.53.33.73.03.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 950696 — French Mountain, Warren County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357560655

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