Porter Mountain
Porter Mountain rises to 763 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34897829, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 763 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 3.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 16.1 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 16.4 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 3 mi
- view · 10 mi
- Scenic View · 16 mi
- River Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beaver Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Baldface Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Burgess Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Crow Hill: 3.3 mi
- Watch Hill: 3.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 2.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 2.8 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 10.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Waterfall: 10.4 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 11.1 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 13.1 mi
- Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 16.0 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 16.6 mi
- Mini Route 66: 16.7 mi
- Byron Park: 4.3 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 16.8 mi
- shuffle board: 17.0 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 17.1 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 17.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 8.6 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 10.0 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 11.2 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 15.1 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 18.5 mi
- Long Beach: 2.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 2.8 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 10.2 mi
- Silver Beach: 15.6 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 16.4 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 15.5 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 16.4 mi
- Pendleton: 16.9 mi
- paint mine: 21.0 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 21.9 mi
- Moxham Point: 17.3 mi
- The Crags: 18.4 mi
- Wayout Wall: 20.5 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 21.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 4.1 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 7.3 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 10.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.0 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 11.0 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 16.3 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 16.5 mi
- Rafting: 3.7 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 13.2 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 8.2 mi
- Iron Cross: 15.2 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 2.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Porter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | SW 236° | 1,166 m | 4.4 mi |
| Panther Mountain | W 271° | 1,146 m | 3.9 mi |
| Wakely Mountain | W 270° | 1,143 m | 10.1 mi |
| Lewey Mountain | SW 232° | 1,117 m | 8.1 mi |
| Buell Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,114 m | 4.9 mi |
| Puffer Mountain | SE 132° | 1,048 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,042 m | 7.1 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,020 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:36 | 16:24 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960993 — Porter Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357577808
Take the scenic way to Porter Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.