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MacDonough Mountain

MacDonough Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

MacDonough Mountain rises to 1,012 m in New York. Saddleback Mountain stands 1,102 m to the west-southwest, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 6.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34926518, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1012 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.30505, -73.64402

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Milholland Park: 4.8 mi
  • Thrall Dam Park: 4.8 mi
  • Thrall Dam Park: 5.1 mi
  • The Covered Bridge: 6.2 mi
  • East Branch Community Trails: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 60
  • Great Wall: 7.6 mi
  • Aserisk: 12.0 mi
  • Nubble Cliff: 12.0 mi
  • Banana Belt: 12.0 mi
  • Solitude Wall: 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 40
  • Bert Williams Farm: 7.4 mi
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 9.7 mi
  • Clintonville: 11.6 mi
  • Northwest Bay Road: 12.1 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Waterfalls: 34
  • Hulls Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Flume Falls: 10.6 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 10.6 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Upper Stag Brook Falls: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Potholes: 11.8 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 11.8 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 11.8 mi
  • Master Pothole: 11.8 mi
  • Porridge Potholes: 11.8 mi
Museums: 19
  • Adirondack history center museum: 6.6 mi
  • Adirondack History Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Adsit Cabin: 15.5 mi
  • Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 15.9 mi
  • Lake Champlain Maritime Museum: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Westport Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Shelburne Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 19.4 mi
  • Port Henry Village Beach: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 7
Gardens: 6
  • Formal Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Childrens Garden: 23.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.7 mi
  • Myrtle Street Avant Garden: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Footbridge Park: 6.4 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 19.9 mi
  • Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.3 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.8 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.5 miles of MacDonough Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddleback MountainWSW 240°1,102 m1.4 mi
Jay BenchmarkWNW 290°1,097 m1.2 mi
Jay MountainWNW 284°1,028 m2.1 mi
Peaked MountainSW 225°982 m3.9 mi
Weston MountainSW 228°971 m4.2 mi
Bluff MountainN 10°893 m2.4 mi
Coal Dirt HillWSW 236°892 m4.1 mi
Limekiln MountainS 189°889 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1119:5820:43
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2815:3116:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202131445666716962493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willsboro 1 N, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965427 — MacDonough Mountain, Essex County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357589817

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