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Palmertown Mountain

Palmertown Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Palmertown Mountain rises to 317 m in New York. Black Spruce Mountain stands 716 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Moreau, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 5.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34828727, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
317 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.25896, -73.73040

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lamplighter Playground: 2.9 mi
  • Hudson River Park: 3.0 mi
  • Hudson River Waterway Access: 3.3 mi
  • West End Park: 3.9 mi
  • West End Park: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 60
  • Civil War Monument: 5.5 mi
  • Peace and Victory Monument: 5.6 mi
  • Fort Edward American Patriot Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Rogers' Rangers Standing Orders: 7.3 mi
  • Major Robert Rogers: 7.3 mi
Museums: 29
Attractions: 24
  • Blind Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Thunder Alley: 6.6 mi
  • Greezed Lightnin': 6.6 mi
  • Spruce's Wilderness Bus Tour: 6.6 mi
  • Hootie's Treehouse: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Palmer Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Snook Kill Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Eggleston Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Saratoga Falls: 11.8 mi
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Congress Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 7
  • Small Rocky overlook: 12.3 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 17.8 mi
  • New Buck: 17.9 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 18.3 mi
  • Ark Wall: 21.9 mi
Gardens: 6
Artworks: 5

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Palmertown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Spruce MountainN 351°716 m11.4 mi
Prospect MountainN 356°615 m11.5 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 252°612 m9.3 mi
Fitch HillW 266°605 m9.6 mi
Hedgehog MountainWSW 256°601 m8.4 mi
Shingle MountainN 353°595 m12.6 mi
Thomas MountainNNW 330°591 m11.2 mi
Patent Line MountainNNW 345°588 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1619:5620:39
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2515:3616:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192031445666706860483625
Precip in3.33.03.54.03.64.54.73.74.14.13.94.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls Farm, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959801 — Palmertown Mountain, Saratoga County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357576039

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