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Hail Mountain

Hail Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Hail Mountain rises to 792 m in New York. Nippletop Mountain stands 900 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bloody Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 6.9 miles off.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q34873767, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
792 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.98922, -73.60457

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • Broughton Ledge: 4.3 mi
  • Deadwater cliffs: 5.8 mi
  • Frontiertown Crags: 6.8 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 7.7 mi
  • Sunshine City: 11.3 mi
Peaks
Parks: 27
Historic sites: 24
  • Meacham House: 7.9 mi
  • Buzz Wright Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • Gage's Redoubt: 8.9 mi
  • Historic Redoubt: 9.0 mi
  • Fort Crown Point: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Museums: 16
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 7
  • Nature preserve: 13.0 mi
  • Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 17.5 mi
  • Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 20.8 mi
  • Airplane Wreckage: 22.0 mi
  • Mountain Pass Lodge: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Bulwagga Bay Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Port Henry Village Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Park beach: 13.2 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Westport Beach: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 8.0 mi
  • Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 8.1 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 8.7 mi
  • Footbridge Park: 15.8 mi
  • Alma Farm Park: 23.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Schroon Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Middlebury Community Garden: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 5.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Hail Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nippletop MountainW900 m7.4 mi
Camel MountainWNW820 m7.3 mi
Owl PateSW746 m3.7 mi
Moose MountainSSW732 m2.4 mi
Old Far MountainWNW713 m6.2 mi
Bald PeakENE705 m2.2 mi
Bear MountainNW694 m7.2 mi
Stiles HillN682 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1219:5720:42
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2715:3216:20

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, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 951996 — Hail Mountain, Essex County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357563183

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