McCarthy Mountain
McCarthy Mountain rises to 487 m in New York. Gore Mountain stands 1,086 m to the west-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49048559, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 487 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 4.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 12.3 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 19.3 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Summit View · 12 mi
- Flag View · 12 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 16 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Johnson Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Dipper Pond Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Campground Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mill Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Stockton Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Courtney Park: 8.7 mi
- Town of Horicon: 8.8 mi
- Floyd Bennett Park: 12.6 mi
- Warrensburg Recreation Field: 12.7 mi
- Calvin Engle Park: 13.0 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 4.9 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 7.6 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 7.8 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 12.3 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 15.8 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 5.9 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 12.2 mi
- Trout Lake: 12.8 mi
- Godwin Preserve: 13.2 mi
- The Pinnacle: 13.5 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 1.4 mi
- Square Falls: 11.1 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 14.3 mi
- Bear Slide: 16.9 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 17.1 mi
- Wayout Wall: 6.8 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 7.5 mi
- Moxham Point: 7.8 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Ark Wall: 17.3 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 15.6 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 16.4 mi
- Log Bay Island: 16.7 mi
- Little As You Were Island: 16.7 mi
- West Dollar Island: 17.2 mi
- paint mine: 6.2 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 7.3 mi
- Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Bolton Time Capsule: 14.6 mi
- Bandstand: 15.3 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 4.7 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 12.2 mi
- Park beach: 15.2 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
- Long Beach: 19.9 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 5.3 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 9.1 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 14.6 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 18.4 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 18.5 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 9.1 mi
- Rafting: 20.2 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- Arboretum: 24.1 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of McCarthy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,086 m | 6.7 mi |
| Eleventh Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,004 m | 7.9 mi |
| Crane Mountain | SSW 197° | 992 m | 7.3 mi |
| Pete Gay Mountain | WNW 297° | 944 m | 7.0 mi |
| Height of Land Mountain | W 273° | 897 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Pete Gay Mountain | WNW 300° | 873 m | 6.5 mi |
| Ross Mountain | SW 218° | 800 m | 9.1 mi |
| South Mountain | NW 306° | 736 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357570845
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 18 mi
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