Petes Hill
Petes Hill rises to 648 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Poplar Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Petes Hill is a summit located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Wells north of the hamlet of Wells.
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Wikidata Q34890757, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 648 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 10.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 15.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 9.7 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 5 mi
- River Overlook · 10 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 21 mi
- Summit View · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poplar Hill: 1.6 mi
- Pine Peak: 1.9 mi
- Hemlock Cobble: 2.1 mi
- Humphrey Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Little Hardwood Hill: 2.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 5.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 5.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 5.9 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Waterfall: 6.0 mi
- Christine Falls: 8.1 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 3.5 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 10.8 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 12.1 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 13.5 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 13.9 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Mini Route 66: 9.9 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 11.7 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 15.4 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 22.8 mi
- shuffle board: 10.1 mi
- Byron Park: 10.7 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 16.4 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
- Courtney Park: 20.0 mi
- Wayout Wall: 15.5 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 16.4 mi
- Moxham Point: 17.9 mi
- Echo Cliff: 20.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 4.9 mi
- Long Beach: 4.9 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 15.1 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 17.5 mi
- Silver Beach: 21.0 mi
- paint mine: 16.3 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 16.8 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 19.7 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 20.5 mi
- Pendleton: 23.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 4.3 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 6.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 22.3 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 9.9 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 15.4 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 18.4 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 5.8 mi
- Iron Cross: 19.4 mi
- Rafting: 10.7 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Petes Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | NW 313° | 1,166 m | 7.3 mi |
| Lewey Mountain | WNW 287° | 1,117 m | 8.5 mi |
| Buell Mountain | NW 314° | 1,114 m | 8.8 mi |
| Puffer Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,048 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | NE 48° | 1,042 m | 6.3 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,020 m | 9.1 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | W 276° | 1,001 m | 8.3 mi |
| South Pond Mountain | SE 132° | 993 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960251 — Petes Hill, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357576718
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