Payne Mountain
Payne Mountain rises to 970 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the east-southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sturges Hills, a peak 1.2 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34829032, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 970 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 7.4 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 17.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 16.6 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 8 mi
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- River Overlook · 17 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sturges Hills: 1.2 mi
- Wakely Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Metcalf Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Water Barrel Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cellar Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 8.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 8.6 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Waterfall: 10.2 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 10.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 13.2 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 1.3 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 10.6 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 19.0 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 20.3 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 21.3 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 10.2 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Mini Route 66: 17.1 mi
- Big Rock: 17.9 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 21.9 mi
- Byron Park: 12.7 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 17.2 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 17.5 mi
- shuffle board: 17.5 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 17.7 mi
- Silver Beach: 8.7 mi
- Long Beach: 9.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 9.4 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
- Iron Cross: 6.8 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 8.0 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 23.6 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 7.0 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 7.9 mi
- Pendleton: 22.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 8.6 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 10.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 13.3 mi
- The Crags: 11.2 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Echo Cliff: 21.5 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 10.6 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 16.7 mi
- Rafting: 11.7 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Payne Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,166 m | 5.6 mi |
| Panther Mountain | E 80° | 1,146 m | 5.3 mi |
| Wakely Mountain | NW 311° | 1,143 m | 1.3 mi |
| Blue Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,143 m | 11.3 mi |
| Lewey Mountain | SSE 146° | 1,117 m | 4.9 mi |
| Buell Mountain | E 96° | 1,114 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Moose Mountain | SW 226° | 1,100 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pillsbury Mountain | S 185° | 1,094 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:37 | 16:24 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960017 — Payne Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357576386
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