Hamilton Mountain
Hamilton Mountain rises to 980 m in New York. Swart Mountain stands 933 m to the southwest, 1.3 miles off. Adirondack Trail passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
Hamilton Mountain is a 3,215-foot-tall (980 m) summit located in Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is located in the west-northwest of the hamlet of Wells in Hamilton County. In 1909, a wood fire lookout tower was built on the mountain. In 1916, the wood tower was replaced with a 50-foot-tall (15 m) steel tower. Due to aerial fire detection being better, the tower was closed at the end of the 1971 fire lookout season, and removed a few years later.
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Wikidata Q34823129, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 980 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 4.4 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 22.9 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 25.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 6 mi
- view east · 13 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Swart Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bear Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mount Dunham: 2.2 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 4.2 mi
- shuffle board: 5.5 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
- Waterfront Park: 16.2 mi
- Edinburg Town Park: 20.0 mi
- Auger Falls: 7.2 mi
- Christine Falls: 7.6 mi
- Austin Falls: 7.6 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- first falls: 10.5 mi
- Echo Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 12.3 mi
- McMartin: 12.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Lost T: 13.0 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 7.4 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 10.2 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 14.0 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 18.9 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 23.0 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 6.1 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 18.8 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 18.8 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 24.0 mi
- Karpeles Museum: 24.7 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 15.3 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 16.2 mi
- Elisha Yale: 23.9 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 24.3 mi
- Mini Route 66: 5.9 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 20.3 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 24.5 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 12.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 15.6 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
- Long Beach: 19.8 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 22.3 mi
- paint mine: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Hamilton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swart Mountain | SW 214° | 933 m | 1.3 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | SSW 200° | 904 m | 2.3 mi |
| Speculator Mountain | NNE 22° | 882 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Orrey | ESE 104° | 797 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Dunham | ESE 123° | 787 m | 2.2 mi |
| Round Top | WSW 241° | 767 m | 2.6 mi |
| Poplar Mountain | WNW 282° | 757 m | 5.0 mi |
| Rogers Mountain | WNW 282° | 756 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:38 | 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), 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357563357
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