Platt Hill
Platt Hill rises to 667 m in New York. Santanoni Peak stands 1,401 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Kempshall Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 6.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34895964, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 667 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 4.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 12.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.1 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 20 mi
- view · 21 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex K-120 Meter Jump Observation Deck · 23 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kempshall Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Buck Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Blueberry Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Landing Hill: 3.1 mi
- Rock Pond Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 7.0 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 7.1 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 7.3 mi
- Flanders Park: 14.2 mi
- Byron Park: 18.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 6.5 mi
- Raquette Falls: 6.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 6.8 mi
- Millers Falls: 7.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 12.1 mi
- Long Lake Boat Tours: 6.9 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.6 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.7 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 17.2 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 21.2 mi
- Pendleton: 7.7 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 13.6 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 16.9 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 18.7 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 10.6 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 11.7 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 12.4 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 13.7 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 13.9 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 13.1 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 13.4 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 13.7 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 21.6 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 22.0 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
- Silver Beach: 20.8 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 23.6 mi
- Long Beach: 24.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 24.4 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 12.9 mi
- Wallface: 15.7 mi
- The Crags: 21.7 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 22.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 12.0 mi
- Tahawus: 13.7 mi
- Rafting: 18.5 mi
- Iron Cross: 23.8 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Platt Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santanoni Peak | ENE 76° | 1,401 m | 10.0 mi |
| Panther Peak | ENE 70° | 1,358 m | 10.3 mi |
| Seward Mountain | NE 39° | 1,319 m | 10.0 mi |
| Donaldson Mountain | NE 38° | 1,238 m | 9.3 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | NE 45° | 1,236 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Emmons | NE 40° | 1,226 m | 8.7 mi |
| Couchsachraga Peak | ENE 68° | 1,157 m | 8.9 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,143 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:35 | 16:23 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960683 — Platt Hill, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357577461
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