Mount Tom
Mount Tom rises to 273 m in New York. Stillwater Mountain stands 684 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Boreas Mountain, a peak 3.5 miles away. Black River Trail passes 6.0 miles off. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Lewis County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 967619)
Wikidata Q34884067, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 273 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Black River Trail
- 6.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 27.2 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 29.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
116 named places within 25 miles
- Boreas Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Charlies Hill: 4.4 mi
- Middle Hill: 4.9 mi
- Mount Quillen: 5.0 mi
- Ney Hill: 5.9 mi
- Black River Waterway Access: 4.8 mi
- Carthage Recreation Park: 5.1 mi
- Long Falls Park: 5.7 mi
- West Carthage Elementary Park: 6.0 mi
- Long Falls Hydroelectric Project Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Onjebonge State Forest: 8.6 mi
- Hogsback State Forest: 10.3 mi
- Lowville Demonstration Area: 10.8 mi
- Balsam Creek State Forest: 11.4 mi
- Sand Bay State Forest: 14.4 mi
- Deer River Station: 4.3 mi
- Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 12.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Monument: 15.7 mi
- Grist Mill built in 1805: 16.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 19.3 mi
- Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Depot & Railroad Museum: 7.3 mi
- American Maple Museum: 7.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Historical Collection: 13.5 mi
- LeRay Mansion: 14.3 mi
- 10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Museum: 15.3 mi
- Fort Drum MWR: 16.4 mi
- Adirondack River Outfitters: 20.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 19.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 20.6 mi
- Woodward Sidehill: 16.2 mi
- Jayville: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Tom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Mountain | ESE 107° | 684 m | 24.3 mi |
| Sitz Mountain | E 85° | 655 m | 24.9 mi |
| Gomer Hill | S 178° | 643 m | 21.7 mi |
| Alder Bed Mountain | E 80° | 620 m | 22.6 mi |
| Tug Hill | S 176° | 585 m | 23.9 mi |
| Round Hill | ENE 74° | 585 m | 24.6 mi |
| Maple Hill | ENE 73° | 560 m | 21.7 mi |
| Francis Hill | ENE 71° | 552 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 20:05 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:40 | 16:28 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 42 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowville, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 967619 — Mount Tom, Lewis County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357593097
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