Mossy Mountain
Mossy Mountain rises to 705 m in New York. Puffer Mountain stands 1,048 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Cross Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Mossy Mountain is a summit located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Wells north of the hamlet of Wells.
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Wikidata Q34880224, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 705 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 15.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 5.0 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 18.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 5 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 9 mi
- view · 18 mi
- Scenic View · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cross Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.9 mi
- East Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Upper Pine Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Pasture Hill: 2.3 mi
- Christine Falls: 3.0 mi
- Austin Falls: 3.9 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Waterfall: 5.4 mi
- Auger Falls: 6.7 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 4.6 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 6.3 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 14.4 mi
- Mill Creek Parking Area: 16.1 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 16.5 mi
- Wayout Wall: 15.8 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 16.3 mi
- Echo Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Moxham Point: 21.5 mi
- Mini Route 66: 5.1 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 15.0 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 18.4 mi
- Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 21.9 mi
- shuffle board: 5.2 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 11.5 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 15.0 mi
- Byron Park: 15.7 mi
- Courtney Park: 23.6 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 9.6 mi
- Long Beach: 9.6 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 18.1 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 21.7 mi
- Silver Beach: 23.9 mi
- paint mine: 16.6 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 16.9 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 21.8 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 22.6 mi
- Frank Watkins: 24.6 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 18.5 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 22.7 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 5.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 6.7 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 8.6 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 7.2 mi
- Iron Cross: 21.6 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 23.7 mi
- Rafting: 15.7 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 17.8 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 10.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mossy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puffer Mountain | NE 34° | 1,048 m | 8.8 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | NW 309° | 1,001 m | 9.4 mi |
| South Pond Mountain | ENE 59° | 993 m | 4.6 mi |
| Dug Mountain | NW 309° | 980 m | 3.0 mi |
| County Line Mountain | NE 52° | 939 m | 6.2 mi |
| Humphrey Mountain | NNE 29° | 907 m | 6.2 mi |
| Kunjamuk Mountain | N 5° | 905 m | 7.6 mi |
| Macomber Mountain | SE 137° | 891 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:37 | 16:24 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357572208
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