Polaris Mountain
Polaris Mountain rises to 764 m in New York. Dun Brook Mountain stands 1,086 m to the west, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34896642, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 764 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 7.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 9.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 25.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 7 mi
- view · 8 mi
- Scenic View · 15 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Hill: 0.6 mi
- Little Beaver Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Beaver Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Vanderwhacker Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Saints Rest: 2.9 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 6.0 mi
- Millers Falls: 15.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 16.9 mi
- Pendleton: 6.9 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 14.2 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 19.3 mi
- Bandstand: 19.4 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 8.3 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 15.0 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 17.3 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 21.1 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 21.1 mi
- Moxham Point: 12.6 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 16.1 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Wallface: 18.4 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 21.2 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 5.5 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 5.5 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 14.2 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 14.2 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 15.1 mi
- Byron Park: 8.9 mi
- Courtney Park: 13.2 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 14.9 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 15.0 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 15.2 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 14.6 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 15.4 mi
- Long Beach: 15.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 15.5 mi
- Park beach: 19.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 16.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 20.4 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 23.4 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 14.4 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 14.7 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 24.4 mi
- Rafting: 9.6 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 11.1 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 15.8 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 21.3 mi
- Iron Cross: 24.6 mi
- Tahawus: 12.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Polaris Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dun Brook Mountain | W 273° | 1,086 m | 8.7 mi |
| Fishing Brook Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,082 m | 8.2 mi |
| Vanderwhacker Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,033 m | 2.6 mi |
| Tongue Mountain | W 281° | 964 m | 10.2 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | SE 129° | 882 m | 1.7 mi |
| Slide Mountain | S 179° | 873 m | 10.7 mi |
| Baldwin Mountain | NNW 348° | 863 m | 8.7 mi |
| Green Mountain | ESE 111° | 852 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960854 — Polaris Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357577651
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