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Pigeon Mountain

Pigeon Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pigeon Mountain rises to 850 m in New York. Three Ponds Mountain stands 890 m to the north-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34892516, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
850 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.23201, -74.42264

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Willie Marsh: 10.3 mi
  • Adirondack State Park: 12.0 mi
  • Nathan Littauer Park: 12.1 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 12.2 mi
  • Ashley Park: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 30
Nature reserves: 21
Museums: 17
Waterfalls: 9
  • West Stoney Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
  • first falls: 14.8 mi
  • second falls: 15.5 mi
  • third falls: 15.6 mi
  • Auger Falls: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Lost T: 5.4 mi
  • Lost Hunter's: 5.5 mi
  • McMartin: 6.1 mi
  • Choss Factory: 7.2 mi
  • Echo Cliff: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 21.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Pigeon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Three Ponds MountainNNE 29°890 m5.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 10°874 m5.0 mi
Blue Ridge MountainNNE 17°866 m3.2 mi
Moose MountainNNW 340°847 m6.5 mi
North Branch MountainNW 318°829 m5.4 mi
Silver Lake MountainN 7°828 m4.4 mi
Wallace MountainNE 44°828 m6.8 mi
Sherman MountainNW 305°805 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:42
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:3916:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395362666457443323
Precip in3.93.53.74.44.54.94.84.14.34.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960380 — Pigeon Mountain, Fulton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357576899

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