Joshua Rock
Joshua Rock rises to 160 m in New York. Erebus Mountain stands 765 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34825171, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 160 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 2.8 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 8.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 21.8 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fort George Ruins · 3 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 3 mi
- Lake George Panorama · 4 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Hill: 0.8 mi
- French Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 3.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Cobble: 3.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.2 mi
- Dicks Island: 1.4 mi
- Usher Park: 2.5 mi
- Shepard Park: 2.9 mi
- Charles R. Wood Park: 3.1 mi
- Ridge/Jenkinsville Park: 4.4 mi
- Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Protected Land (No Access): 3.4 mi
- Sullivan Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Van Dusen Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Elk's Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Father Jogues Monument: 3.1 mi
- Fort George Ruins: 3.1 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- pump house: 3.9 mi
- Colonel Williams Monument: 5.0 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 2.9 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 3.0 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 3.1 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 4.0 mi
- Rocky's Ranger Planes: 6.5 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 2.9 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 3.0 mi
- Fort William Henry: 3.0 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 7.8 mi
- Chapman Historical Museum: 9.1 mi
- Diamond Island: 1.5 mi
- Usher Park: 2.5 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 6.4 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 8.0 mi
- Log Bay Island: 8.1 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 1.5 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 4.7 mi
- New Buck: 4.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Ark Wall: 8.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 3.8 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 8.2 mi
- Bear Slide: 11.1 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 12.6 mi
- Palmer Falls: 15.6 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 4.5 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 7.7 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 10.4 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 10.5 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 10.6 mi
- Arboretum: 6.1 mi
- Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Alumni Memorial Garden: 24.7 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 21.9 mi
- For Euler: 24.6 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Joshua Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erebus Mountain | NNE 30° | 765 m | 10.7 mi |
| Black Spruce Mountain | WSW 255° | 716 m | 5.6 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | NE 34° | 715 m | 9.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 30° | 711 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NE 39° | 658 m | 4.2 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | NNW 347° | 619 m | 11.0 mi |
| Phoebe Mountain | W 270° | 618 m | 6.0 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | WSW 255° | 615 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:35 | 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 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357567109
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 12 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 26 mi
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