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Owls Head

Owls Head, seen from above at true elevation

Owls Head rises to 679 m in New York. Debar Mountain stands 1,011 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is West Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 6.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Franklin County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34888246, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
679 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.74366, -74.15904

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 16
  • Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 9.8 mi
  • Deer River Primitive Area: 10.1 mi
  • Franklin Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 10.7 mi
  • Valley View State Forest: 13.1 mi
  • Chateaugay Fish Hatchery: 14.2 mi
Parks: 10
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Falls: 2.5 mi
  • High Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Saint Regis Falls: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Goolds Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Peace Garden: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 8.9 mi
Museums: 1
  • Six Nations Indian Museum: 17.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Owls Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Debar MountainSSW 197°1,011 m10.2 mi
Haystack MountainSE 133°881 m10.7 mi
Norton PeakSE 125°876 m12.0 mi
Baldface MountainS 185°858 m8.8 mi
Ragged Lake MountainESE 114°832 m6.3 mi
Mount TomSSE 168°831 m6.5 mi
W MountainSE 129°825 m6.4 mi
Black PeakSSW 201°823 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:09
June solstice05:1220:0220:47
September equinox06:4418:1818:56
December solstice07:3215:3116:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151726415463686659463523
Precip in2.42.02.43.33.34.54.03.94.04.33.12.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malone, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959689 — Owls Head, Franklin County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357575899

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