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Furnace Mountain

Furnace Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Furnace Mountain rises to 494 m in New York. Hail Mountain stands 792 m to the north-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Railroad Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 7.4 miles off.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q34915305, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
494 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.92367, -73.58624

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 3.1 mi
  • Frontiertown Crags: 7.2 mi
  • Gull Pond Cliff: 8.7 mi
  • Broughton Ledge: 8.7 mi
  • Deadwater cliffs: 10.3 mi
Peaks
Parks: 29
  • Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 7.6 mi
  • Bi-Centenial Park: 9.8 mi
  • Carrilon Park: 9.9 mi
  • Rogers Rock Campground Entrance: 10.3 mi
  • Crown Point State Historic Site: 10.3 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Historic sites: 22
  • Liberty Monument: 9.2 mi
  • Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 9.7 mi
  • Meacham House: 10.2 mi
  • Gage's Redoubt: 10.3 mi
  • Historic Redoubt: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 21
Museums: 14
Picnic sites: 11
  • Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 10.1 mi
  • Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 10.4 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 11.1 mi
  • Alma Farm Park: 19.3 mi
  • Footbridge Park: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Bulwagga Bay Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Park beach: 10.7 mi
  • Port Henry Village Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Hague Town Beach: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Schroon Community Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Middlebury Community Garden: 21.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Nature preserve: 14.7 mi
  • Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 16.3 mi
  • Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Furnace Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hail MountainNNW792 m4.6 mi
Owl PateWNW746 m3.6 mi
Moose MountainNW732 m2.8 mi
Bald PeakN705 m5.7 mi
Treadway MountainSSW684 m6.3 mi
Big Clear Pond MountainS657 m5.7 mi
Lock MountainN629 m5.8 mi
Knob MountainSSW617 m1.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1319:5720:41
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2615:3316:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182030435665706860483625
Precip in2.62.12.43.43.44.24.13.53.34.02.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357560811

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