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Potash Mountain

Potash Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Potash Mountain rises to 873 m in New York. Sentinel Mountain stands 1,174 m to the west-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Rock, a peak 0.4 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 2.8 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34897962, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
873 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.27921, -73.74375

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • Great Wall: 6.7 mi
  • Weeping Winds: 7.3 mi
  • The Courthouse: 8.7 mi
  • Case Wall: 9.1 mi
  • Crack in the Woods Cliff: 9.1 mi
Parks: 45
  • East Branch Community Trails: 2.8 mi
  • The Covered Bridge: 6.5 mi
  • Wilmington Bike Park: 8.2 mi
  • Town of Wilmington Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Lake Everest - Town Beach: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Hulls Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 7.4 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 7.7 mi
  • Flume Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 7.9 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Bert Williams Farm: 6.1 mi
  • 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • Canyon Bridge Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 11.0 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Attractions: 17
  • Whirlpool Cove: 8.0 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 8.0 mi
  • Master Pothole: 8.0 mi
  • Porridge Potholes: 8.0 mi
  • Potholes: 8.0 mi
Museums: 14
  • Adirondack history center museum: 8.7 mi
  • Adirondack History Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 11.9 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Westport Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Port Henry Village Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Footbridge Park: 8.4 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 21.4 mi
  • Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 21.6 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 22.0 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Potash Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sentinel MountainWNW 289°1,174 m5.7 mi
Hurricane MountainSSE 152°1,121 m3.4 mi
Saddleback MountainENE 74°1,102 m3.9 mi
Jay BenchmarkENE 60°1,097 m4.4 mi
Jay MountainNE 51°1,028 m3.7 mi
MacDonough MountainENE 70°1,012 m5.2 mi
Tripod MountainS 176°1,001 m5.6 mi
Peaked MountainESE 113°982 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1219:5920:43
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:2815:3116:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151826395160646356443221
Precip in3.12.32.93.43.94.84.44.03.94.23.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357596409

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