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Mount Orrey

Mount Orrey, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Orrey rises to 797 m in New York. Hamilton Mountain stands 980 m to the west-northwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Dunham, a peak 0.7 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 1.8 miles off.

The story

Mount Orrey is a mountain range located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Wells west of the hamlet of Wells.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34882830, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
797 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.40424, -74.32431

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 31
  • Parker's Corner Park: 2.0 mi
  • shuffle board: 6.2 mi
  • Poplar Point Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 14.5 mi
  • Edinburg Town Park: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Auger Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Austin Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Christine Falls: 7.5 mi
  • first falls: 8.4 mi
  • second falls: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Cliffs: 8
Museums: 6
Artworks: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Mini Route 66: 6.6 mi
  • Chimney Mountain: 20.2 mi
  • Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 13.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 20.1 mi
  • Long Beach: 20.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 20.6 mi
  • paint mine: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Mount Orrey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hamilton MountainWNW980 m2.2 mi
Swart MountainW933 m2.9 mi
Dugway MountainWSW904 m3.4 mi
Speculator MountainNNW882 m4.0 mi
Wallace MountainS828 m7.1 mi
Mount DunhamSSW787 m0.7 mi
Round TopW767 m4.5 mi
Poplar MountainWNW757 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1719:5920:42
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2815:3816:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395362666457443323
Precip in3.93.53.74.44.54.94.84.14.34.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959493 — Mount Orrey, Hamilton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357575552

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