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French Point Mountain

French Point Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

French Point Mountain rises to 529 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the east, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is West Dollar Is Day Use Area, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 7.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34915091, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
529 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.60201, -73.59151

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hazel Island: 1.4 mi
  • Sarah Island: 1.5 mi
  • Pleasure Island: 1.9 mi
  • Log Bay Island: 3.5 mi
  • Huckleberry Island: 3.5 mi
Historic sites: 36
  • Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 4.5 mi
  • Lafayette's Tour: 10.1 mi
  • Old Champlain Canal Lock 19: 13.0 mi
  • The Stand Against Burgoyne: 13.6 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Cliffs: 28
  • Ark Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Deer Leap: 4.7 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 6.4 mi
  • Uncas Cliff: 6.9 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 13.7 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 13.8 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 13.8 mi
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 14.3 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 15.5 mi
Museums: 19
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Town of Horicon Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Skenesborough Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Lake George Historical Association: 13.6 mi
  • House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Beaches: 11
  • Hague Town Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Park beach: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Gardens: 6
  • Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Arboretum: 17.4 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 19.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 18.8 mi
  • Mandala II: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Whitewater rafting: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of French Point Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainE 84°805 m3.0 mi
Erebus MountainSE 132°765 m2.7 mi
Sleeping BeautySE 145°715 m3.7 mi
Buck MountainS 182°711 m5.6 mi
Catamount MountainNNE 15°702 m6.2 mi
Fivemile MountainNNE 15°688 m2.7 mi
Huckleberry MountainNNE 17°680 m3.0 mi
Pilot KnobS 185°658 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1419:5620:40
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2515:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 950698 — French Point Mountain, Warren County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357560658

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