Little Cathead Mountain

Little Cathead Mountain rises to 638 m in New York. Swart Mountain stands 933 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathead Mountain Primitive Area, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Little Cathead Mountain is a summit located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Benson northeast of the hamlet of Upper Benson.
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Wikidata Q34826347, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 638 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 14.7 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 21.1 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 22.6 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 5 mi
- River Overlook · 17 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cathead Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Wallace Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Jacksons Seat: 3.3 mi
- Whiskey Hill: 3.4 mi
- Groff Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Waterfront Park: 7.4 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 8.9 mi
- Edinburg Town Park: 11.9 mi
- Nathan Littauer Park: 13.3 mi
- Veteran's Park: 13.5 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 1.6 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 14.9 mi
- LeVine Nature Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Hennig Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Homestead County Forest: 17.6 mi
- Fenton Farm: 16.0 mi
- Fulton County Jail (historic): 18.1 mi
- World Trade Center Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 21.4 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- first falls: 9.0 mi
- second falls: 9.6 mi
- third falls: 9.7 mi
- Auger Falls: 14.6 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 10.7 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 10.7 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 13.6 mi
- Karpeles Museum: 14.3 mi
- Glove Theatre Museum: 14.6 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 7.3 mi
- Elisha Yale: 13.5 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 14.0 mi
- 1889: 14.6 mi
- DreamRiver: 23.2 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 10.6 mi
- Lost T: 10.8 mi
- McMartin: 11.1 mi
- Choss Factory: 12.7 mi
- Echo Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Mini Route 66: 16.4 mi
- Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course: 17.9 mi
- Caughnawaga Indian Village Site: 21.7 mi
- I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 14.9 mi
- Perrella Sculpture Garden: 19.3 mi
- Schoharie Crossing Launch: 22.3 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 23.5 mi
- Wayside Beach: 24.0 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Little Cathead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swart Mountain | NNW 339° | 933 m | 10.0 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | NNW 335° | 904 m | 9.0 mi |
| Three Ponds Mountain | NW 310° | 890 m | 4.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 301° | 874 m | 5.6 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | WNW 282° | 866 m | 4.9 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | WSW 250° | 850 m | 6.1 mi |
| Moose Mountain | WNW 297° | 847 m | 8.9 mi |
| North Branch Mountain | WNW 282° | 829 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:39 | 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), 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 955481 — Little Cathead Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357569233
Day trips start here
- Ballston Spa · 29 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 29 mi
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