Oak Mountain
Oak Mountain rises to 600 m in New York. Signal Mountain stands 859 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Poplar Knoll, a peak 2.3 miles away. Southern Adirondack Trail passes 5.3 miles off.
The story
Oak Mountain is a summit located in Central New York Region of New York located in the Town of Salisbury in Herkimer County, northwest of Stratford.
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Wikidata Q34887200, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 600 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 12.5 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 22.3 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 23.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 18 mi
- River Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dolgeville Central School Recreation Fields: 7.4 mi
- Dolgeville Park: 7.5 mi
- Spofford Square: 7.9 mi
- Adirondack State Park: 11.1 mi
- Moreland Park: 12.4 mi
- Poplar Knoll: 2.3 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.4 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 2.8 mi
- The Pinnacle: 3.6 mi
- Jerseyfield Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 36: 13.0 mi
- Nicholas Herkimer Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Little Falls Canal Aqueduct: 13.2 mi
- Old Lock 38 Wall: 13.2 mi
- Old Lock 39 Wall: 13.4 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.0 mi
- Former Dairy Hill Firetower Site: 8.8 mi
- Moss Island: 13.0 mi
- Plantation Island Wildlife Management Area: 16.8 mi
- Ohisa State Forest: 19.9 mi
- Little Falls Historical Society & Museum: 13.0 mi
- Herkimer Diamond Mine & Museum: 13.6 mi
- Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park: 19.0 mi
- Johnson Hall: 21.8 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 22.0 mi
- Choss Factory: 9.3 mi
- Lost T: 11.1 mi
- McMartin: 11.2 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 11.5 mi
- Moss Island Climbing: 13.0 mi
- Elisha Yale: 22.0 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 22.1 mi
- Poseidon statue: 22.1 mi
- Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
- I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
- Canajoharie Falls: 23.2 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 22.3 mi
- Caughnawaga Indian Village Site: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Oak Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | N 5° | 859 m | 14.4 mi |
| North Branch Mountain | ENE 64° | 829 m | 13.2 mi |
| Round Top | N 358° | 806 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sherman Mountain | ENE 67° | 805 m | 12.1 mi |
| Morehouse Mountain | NNE 15° | 800 m | 11.9 mi |
| Ely Mountain | NE 52° | 794 m | 9.8 mi |
| Tomany Mountain | NE 56° | 789 m | 9.5 mi |
| Big Marsh Mountain | NNE 23° | 786 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls City Rsch, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357574804
Day trips start here
- Utica · 26 mi
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