Grindstone Mountain
Grindstone Mountain rises to 665 m in New York. Hamilton Mountain stands 980 m to the northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Summit, a peak 0.4 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34870412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 665 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 4.9 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 26.9 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 27.8 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 10 mi
- River Overlook · 11 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jackson Summit: 0.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Little Hedgehog Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Mud Lake Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Big Hedgehog Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 6.5 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 8.7 mi
- shuffle board: 10.7 mi
- Waterfront Park: 17.0 mi
- Adirondack State Park: 18.9 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Auger Falls: 13.1 mi
- Christine Falls: 13.1 mi
- Austin Falls: 13.4 mi
- first falls: 14.2 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 20.2 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 20.2 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 21.0 mi
- Karpeles Museum: 21.8 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 6.7 mi
- McMartin: 6.7 mi
- Echo Cliff: 6.7 mi
- Lost T: 7.4 mi
- Choss Factory: 8.4 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 10.3 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 13.3 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 16.7 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 18.6 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 18.9 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 17.0 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 19.3 mi
- Elisha Yale: 20.9 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 21.3 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 16.9 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 19.9 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
- Long Beach: 24.5 mi
- Mini Route 66: 10.9 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 22.2 mi
- Fulton County Jail (historic): 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Grindstone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Mountain | NE 50° | 980 m | 5.9 mi |
| Swart Mountain | NE 54° | 933 m | 4.7 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | ENE 67° | 904 m | 4.1 mi |
| Three Ponds Mountain | SE 132° | 890 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 144° | 874 m | 4.6 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | SSE 154° | 866 m | 6.2 mi |
| Moose Mountain | S 191° | 847 m | 2.6 mi |
| North Branch Mountain | SSW 202° | 829 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 972110 — Grindstone Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598418
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