Hewitt Pond Mountain
Hewitt Pond Mountain rises to 741 m in New York. Rist Mountain stands 1,170 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Balfour Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34921991, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 741 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 9.4 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 15.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 20.7 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 22 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 22 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Balfour Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Kays Hill: 2.6 mi
- Hayes Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Rankin Pond Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Crusher Hill: 3.4 mi
- Moxham Point: 8.9 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 13.4 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 14.1 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 16.8 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 8.6 mi
- Schroon Falls: 11.6 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 15.2 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 17.0 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 17.7 mi
- Bandstand: 11.3 mi
- Pendleton: 13.2 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 14.1 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 16.2 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 9.6 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 13.3 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 15.0 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 16.6 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 18.4 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 11.2 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 11.2 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 12.7 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 14.0 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 17.3 mi
- Courtney Park: 8.0 mi
- Bandstand Park: 11.4 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 12.7 mi
- Byron Park: 15.3 mi
- Town of Horicon: 18.4 mi
- Park beach: 11.4 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 13.1 mi
- Long Beach: 20.9 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 20.9 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 22.7 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 12.4 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 18.2 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 22.3 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 22.6 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 10.4 mi
- Rafting: 16.3 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 24.7 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Tahawus: 12.2 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Hewitt Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rist Mountain | N 358° | 1,170 m | 10.1 mi |
| Boreas Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,152 m | 9.7 mi |
| Hoffman Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,129 m | 8.4 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,052 m | 8.9 mi |
| Wolf Pond Mountain | NE 34° | 1,044 m | 9.0 mi |
| Vanderwhacker Mountain | WNW 281° | 1,033 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bailey Hill | ENE 62° | 931 m | 4.3 mi |
| Sand Pond Mountain | NE 52° | 893 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:34 | 16:22 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952658 — Hewitt Pond Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357564287
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 27 mi
- Lake George · 28 mi
- Elizabethtown · 29 mi
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