Moose Mountain
Moose Mountain rises to 847 m in New York. Swart Mountain stands 933 m to the northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in the town of Benson, Hamilton County, New York, United States
Wikidata Q34879726, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 847 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 6.5 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 24.4 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 28.7 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 8 mi
- River Overlook · 13 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Mountain: 2.0 mi
- North Branch Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mud Lake Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Three Sisters Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Grindstone Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 8.4 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 10.1 mi
- shuffle board: 13.1 mi
- Waterfront Park: 16.3 mi
- Adirondack State Park: 16.3 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 9.6 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 15.3 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 16.8 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 18.0 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 18.1 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- first falls: 14.8 mi
- Auger Falls: 15.0 mi
- Christine Falls: 15.5 mi
- second falls: 15.6 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 13.4 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 18.7 mi
- Karpeles Museum: 19.5 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 19.5 mi
- Glove Theatre Museum: 19.5 mi
- Fulton County Jail (historic): 22.4 mi
- Fenton Farm: 23.5 mi
- abandoned milk plant: 24.2 mi
- World Trade Center Memorial: 24.8 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 24.8 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 4.2 mi
- McMartin: 4.4 mi
- Lost T: 5.0 mi
- Choss Factory: 6.2 mi
- Echo Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 16.2 mi
- Elisha Yale: 18.7 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 19.0 mi
- 1889: 19.2 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 21.9 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 19.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 22.5 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 19.9 mi
- Perrella Sculpture Garden: 24.9 mi
- Mini Route 66: 13.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Moose Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swart Mountain | NE 39° | 933 m | 6.8 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | NE 45° | 904 m | 5.9 mi |
| Three Ponds Mountain | ESE 106° | 890 m | 5.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ESE 110° | 874 m | 3.3 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | SE 134° | 866 m | 4.4 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | SSE 160° | 850 m | 6.5 mi |
| North Branch Mountain | SW 214° | 829 m | 2.5 mi |
| Silver Lake Mountain | ESE 121° | 828 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:39 | 16:26 |
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), 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357571997
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