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Platt Hill

Platt Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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. 146 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.

About

The story

Mountain in New York, United States of America.

Wikidata Q34895964, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
667 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.04784, -74.32710

Overlooks nearby

Around it

146 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 53
Parks: 24
  • 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
Waterfalls: 14
  • 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
Historic sites: 13
Attractions: 12
Nature reserves: 8
  • Ampersand Primitive Area: 10.6 mi
  • DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 11.7 mi
  • Tahawas Primitive Area: 13.7 mi
  • Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 13.9 mi
  • Heaven Hill Trails: 21.3 mi
Museums: 7
Beaches: 5
  • 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
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Buttermilk Falls: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rafting: 18.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Iron Cross: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Platt Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santanoni PeakENE1,401 m10.0 mi
Panther PeakENE1,358 m10.3 mi
Seward MountainNE1,319 m10.0 mi
Donaldson MountainNE1,238 m9.3 mi
Seymour MountainNE1,236 m10.8 mi
Mount EmmonsNE1,226 m8.7 mi
Couchsachraga PeakENE1,157 m8.9 mi
Blue MountainSSW1,143 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:10
June solstice05:1520:0020:45
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:3015:3516:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151725395261656356443322
Precip in3.32.73.13.54.24.34.24.23.74.53.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 8 mi away.

Sources

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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