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Hedgehog Mountain

Hedgehog Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Hedgehog Mountain rises to 499 m in New York. Wilmurt Mountain stands 908 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Breezy Knoll, a peak 1.6 miles away. Southern Adirondack Trail passes 5.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Ohio, Herkimer County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34921535, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
499 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.27590, -74.87738

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Kuyahoora Valley Town Park: 9.4 mi
  • Dolgeville Central School Recreation Fields: 12.8 mi
  • Dolgeville Park: 13.1 mi
  • Spofford Square: 13.5 mi
  • Union Park: 14.0 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • Little Falls Canal Aqueduct: 16.3 mi
  • Old Lock 38 Wall: 16.4 mi
  • Old Lock 39 Wall: 16.5 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 36: 16.6 mi
  • Nicholas Herkimer Memorial: 17.5 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Cliffs: 8
  • Choss Factory: 16.0 mi
  • Moss Island Climbing: 16.4 mi
  • Rollaway: 16.6 mi
  • McMartin: 17.5 mi
  • Eagle Bluff: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 7
Museums: 5
  • Herkimer Diamond Mine & Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Little Falls Historical Society & Museum: 16.1 mi
  • Childrens Museum: 21.1 mi
  • Munson: 22.0 mi
  • Oriskany Museum: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Hedgehog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wilmurt MountainNE 38°908 m13.6 mi
Signal MountainNE 42°859 m12.9 mi
Spruce MountainNNE 28°844 m15.1 mi
Polack MountainNNE 24°812 m14.0 mi
Round TopNE 36°806 m12.1 mi
Morehouse MountainENE 58°800 m12.5 mi
Baldface MountainNNE 21°796 m12.2 mi
Ely MountainE 86°794 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3419:12
June solstice05:2020:0020:44
September equinox06:4718:2118:59
December solstice07:2915:4116:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230445664696860493827
Precip in3.63.43.44.04.64.84.94.34.15.34.44.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton Falls, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357564092

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