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Petes Hill

Petes Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34890757, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
648 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.62784, -74.27903

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 14
Attractions: 10
  • 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
  • Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 19.9 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Parks: 7
  • 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
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 5
  • 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
Historic sites: 5
  • 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
Picnic sites: 4
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 4.3 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 4.6 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 6.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 22.3 mi
Museums: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Rt 30 Alien: 5.8 mi
  • Iron Cross: 19.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rafting: 10.7 mi
  • Whitewater rafting: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 5.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Petes Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainNW 313°1,166 m7.3 mi
Lewey MountainWNW 287°1,117 m8.5 mi
Buell MountainNW 314°1,114 m8.8 mi
Puffer MountainENE 60°1,048 m4.6 mi
Bullhead MountainNE 48°1,042 m6.3 mi
Cellar MountainW 276°1,001 m8.3 mi
South Pond MountainSE 132°993 m3.9 mi
Beaver MountainNNW 335°981 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:1619:5920:43
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2815:3716:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395160646356443322
Precip in3.02.53.23.73.94.44.04.03.54.53.53.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 9 mi away.

Sources

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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