French Mountain
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
- 1.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 1.8 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 7.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 22.4 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fort George Ruins · 2 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 2 mi
- Cobble lookout · 3 mi
- The Narrows · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Joshua Rock: 2.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Cobble: 2.9 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 3.1 mi
- Burnt Hill: 3.2 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 3.8 mi
- 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
- 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
- Fort William Henry: 2.1 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 2.3 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 2.3 mi
- Chapman Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
- World Awareness Children's Museum: 7.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- Usher Park: 1.5 mi
- Diamond Island: 3.5 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 3.9 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 10.5 mi
- Log Bay Island: 10.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- Arboretum: 3.8 mi
- Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Alumni Memorial Garden: 22.2 mi
- Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Mr.Haas's Garden: 24.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Spruce Mountain | WNW 282° | 716 m | 4.8 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 27° | 711 m | 8.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNE 31° | 658 m | 6.5 mi |
| Phoebe Mountain | WNW 294° | 618 m | 5.8 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | WNW 288° | 615 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 293° | 602 m | 8.7 mi |
| Shingle Mountain | WNW 298° | 595 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cat Mountain | N 351° | 593 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
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 | 22 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
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
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 15 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 24 mi
- Ballston Spa · 29 mi
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