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Guideboard Hill

Guideboard Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Guideboard Hill rises to 664 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hedgehog Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 4.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34870751, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
664 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.01423, -74.06487

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 54
Waterfalls: 32
  • Hanging Spear Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Millers Falls: 9.5 mi
  • MacIntyre Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Indian Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Indian Falls: 11.0 mi
Parks: 30
  • Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 17.1 mi
  • Indian Head Trailhead: 17.5 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 18.0 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 18.0 mi
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 21
Historic sites: 15
Nature reserves: 11
  • Tahawas Primitive Area: 5.4 mi
  • Johns Brook Primitive Area: 15.9 mi
  • Heaven Hill Trails: 16.2 mi
  • Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 17.0 mi
  • Ampersand Primitive Area: 17.1 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Park beach: 19.6 mi
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 22.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Whitewater rafting: 19.1 mi
  • Rafting: 19.1 mi
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Buttermilk Falls: 21.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Guideboard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MarcyNE 46°1,629 m9.8 mi
Algonquin PeakNNE 23°1,555 m9.7 mi
Schofield CobbleNE 46°1,515 m9.6 mi
Mount HaystackNE 52°1,498 m10.3 mi
Mount SkylightNE 48°1,495 m8.9 mi
Iroquois PeakNNE 21°1,472 m9.1 mi
Boundary PeakNNE 22°1,471 m9.4 mi
Gray PeakNE 44°1,463 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:09
June solstice05:1419:5920:43
September equinox06:4418:1818:56
December solstice07:2915:3416:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151725395261656356443322
Precip in3.32.73.13.54.24.34.24.23.74.53.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357563006

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