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Pico Mountain

Pico Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pico Mountain rises to 673 m in New York. Little Moose Mountain stands 1,100 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 5.0 miles off.

The story

Pico Mountain is a summit located in Central New York Region of New York located in the Town of Ohio in Herkimer County, northeast of Atwell. Burnt Mountain is located north of Pico Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34891986, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
673 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.66590, -74.87295

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 16
Parks: 6
  • Fourth Lake Day Use Area: 5.0 mi
  • Sand Flats State Park: 19.9 mi
  • Singing Waters Park: 22.5 mi
  • Poplar Point Day Use Area: 23.3 mi
  • Moose River Falls Swimming Area: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Paul Bunyan: 5.8 mi
  • Iron Cross: 14.9 mi
  • Rt 30 Alien: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Remsen Falls Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 24.6 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Gate House Ruins: 13.8 mi
  • Sugar Shack Ruins: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Pico Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Moose MountainE 89°1,100 m15.1 mi
Manbury MountainE 90°1,053 m16.0 mi
Kitty CobbleESE 101°983 m12.7 mi
Spruce Lake MountainSE 134°964 m15.3 mi
West Canada MountainSE 143°911 m12.3 mi
West MountainNNE 32°891 m15.8 mi
Seventh Lake MountainENE 61°883 m7.5 mi
Jones MountainSSE 147°880 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3419:12
June solstice05:1920:0120:45
September equinox06:4718:2118:59
December solstice07:3115:3916:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161826395361656457453423
Precip in4.33.23.23.64.54.74.44.34.25.14.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Forge, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960348 — Pico Mountain, Herkimer County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357576837

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