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Potter Mountain

Potter Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Potter Mountain rises to 456 m in New York. Crane Mountain stands 992 m to the west-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Heath Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 1.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34898342, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
456 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.52201, -73.83790

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Floyd Bennett Park: 3.6 mi
  • Warrensburg Recreation Field: 3.6 mi
  • Calvin Engle Park: 4.0 mi
  • Shepard Park: 9.2 mi
  • Dicks Island: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Historic sites: 32
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 6.4 mi
  • paint mine: 7.0 mi
  • Frank Watkins: 9.0 mi
  • pump house: 9.5 mi
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 2.9 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 9.2 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 9.3 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 9.5 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Dunkley Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Bear Slide: 8.4 mi
  • Shelving Rock Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.3 mi
Museums: 16
Picnic sites: 13
Cliffs: 11
  • Beaverview Wall: 6.9 mi
  • Wayout Wall: 7.7 mi
  • Small Rocky overlook: 9.7 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 10.7 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Gardens: 3
  • Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Arboretum: 14.7 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 22.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Whitewater rafting: 18.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Potter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crane MountainWNW 284°992 m6.4 mi
Baldhead MountainWSW 246°871 m7.1 mi
Moose MountainWSW 249°852 m6.2 mi
Wolf Pond MountainW 260°785 m7.7 mi
Huckleberry MountainWNW 295°745 m7.2 mi
Little MountainW 272°736 m6.0 mi
Black Spruce MountainSSE 153°716 m7.8 mi
Buck HillWNW 283°682 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1519:5720:41
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
December solstice07:2615:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331445664696760493828
Precip in3.52.93.63.93.94.74.23.83.24.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961043 — Potter Mountain, Warren County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357577893

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