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McCarthy Mountain

McCarthy Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q49048559, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
487 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.64590, -73.91957

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 35
  • 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
Nature reserves: 22
Attractions: 21
Cliffs: 20
  • 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
Waterfalls: 19
  • 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
Picnic sites: 15
Historic sites: 11
  • 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
Beaches: 9
  • 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
Museums: 7
Gardens: 3
  • Community Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Arboretum: 24.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Whitewater rafting: 9.1 mi
  • Rafting: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 21.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Rt 30 Alien: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of McCarthy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gore MountainWNW 286°1,086 m6.7 mi
Eleventh MountainWSW 254°1,004 m7.9 mi
Crane MountainSSW 197°992 m7.3 mi
Pete Gay MountainWNW 297°944 m7.0 mi
Height of Land MountainW 273°897 m7.0 mi
Little Pete Gay MountainWNW 300°873 m6.5 mi
Ross MountainSW 218°800 m9.1 mi
Huckleberry MountainSSW 204°745 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1519:5820:41
September equinox06:4418:1718:55
December solstice07:2715:3516:22

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, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357570845

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