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Pole Hill

Pole Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pole Hill rises to 482 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the east, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Godwin Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 9.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34896743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
482 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.62312, -73.65651

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pleasure Island: 4.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
  • Rogers Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • Hazel Island: 4.8 mi
  • Sarah Island: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 31
Historic sites: 31
  • Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 4.6 mi
  • Lafayette's Tour: 13.6 mi
  • Father Jogues Monument: 14.5 mi
  • Fort George Ruins: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 28
  • Ark Wall: 5.3 mi
  • Deer Leap: 6.6 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 8.0 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 8.2 mi
  • Uncas Cliff: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 12.8 mi
  • Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 13.0 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 14.0 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 14.2 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 14.2 mi
Museums: 18
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Town of Horicon Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Skenesborough Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Lake George Historical Association: 13.9 mi
  • House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Alma Farm Park: 2.9 mi
  • Little As You Were Island: 4.1 mi
  • West Dollar Is Day Use Area: 4.1 mi
  • West Dollar Island: 4.1 mi
  • Commission Point Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Morey Stein Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Hague Town Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Park beach: 15.5 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Gardens: 5
  • Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Arboretum: 18.6 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 22.4 mi
  • Mandala II: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Whitewater rafting: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Pole Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainE 100°805 m6.4 mi
Erebus MountainESE 122°765 m6.2 mi
Sleeping BeautySE 130°715 m7.0 mi
Buck MountainSSE 157°711 m7.7 mi
Catamount MountainNE 47°702 m6.6 mi
Fivemile MountainENE 74°688 m4.1 mi
Huckleberry MountainENE 71°680 m4.4 mi
Beech MountainNNE 33°630 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1419:5620:40
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2615:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357577657

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