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Horseshoe Mountain

Horseshoe Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Horseshoe Mountain rises to 841 m in New York. Puffer Mountain stands 1,048 m to the north-northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is County Line Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 8.0 miles off.

About

The story

Horseshoe Mountain is a summit located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Wells northeast of the hamlet of Wells.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34874296, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
841 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.61673, -74.21736

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 15
  • Square Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Beaver Brook Waterfall: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 7.8 mi
  • Christine Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Austin Falls: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Chimney Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 9.3 mi
  • Mini Route 66: 10.9 mi
  • Tannery Pond Community Association: 12.9 mi
  • Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 20.4 mi
Parks: 9
  • shuffle board: 11.0 mi
  • Byron Park: 11.5 mi
  • Parker's Corner Park: 16.1 mi
  • Courtney Park: 17.9 mi
  • Poplar Point Day Use Area: 20.8 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 7.1 mi
  • Long Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 22.9 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • paint mine: 13.1 mi
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 13.7 mi
  • Sugar Shack Ruins: 22.7 mi
  • Frank Watkins: 23.5 mi
  • Gate House Ruins: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 7.0 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 7.7 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 24.5 mi
Museums: 4
Artworks: 2
  • Rt 30 Alien: 8.9 mi
  • Iron Cross: 22.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rafting: 11.9 mi
  • Whitewater rafting: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 8.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Horseshoe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Puffer MountainNNE 16°1,048 m3.2 mi
Bullhead MountainNNE 17°1,042 m5.2 mi
Eleventh MountainE 91°1,004 m7.3 mi
South Pond MountainS 185°993 m1.8 mi
Dug MountainWSW 250°980 m6.8 mi
County Line MountainESE 114°939 m0.9 mi
Humphrey MountainNW 321°907 m1.6 mi
Kunjamuk MountainNW 315°905 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:09
June solstice05:1619:5920:43
September equinox06:4518:1818:56
December solstice07:2815:3716:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395160646356443322
Precip in3.02.53.23.73.94.44.04.03.54.53.53.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 953243 — Horseshoe Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357565507

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