Prospect Mountain
Prospect Mountain rises to 615 m in New York. Black Spruce Mountain stands 716 m to the west, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Cobble, a peak 0.9 miles away. Dude Ranch Trail passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Prospect Mountain is a mountain located in the town of Lake George in Warren County, New York. New York State Route 917A, an unsigned reference route also known as Prospect Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway, is a toll road maintained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and is the highway by which one reaches the summit at 5.88 miles (9.46 km), where a view for one hundred miles (160 km) can be seen.
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Wikidata Q34899970, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 615 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 1.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 11.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 22.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- The Narrows · 1 mi
- Cobble lookout · 1 mi
- Lake George Panorama · 1 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shepard Park: 1.7 mi
- Charles R. Wood Park: 1.7 mi
- Usher Park: 2.4 mi
- Dicks Island: 4.3 mi
- Gurney Lane Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Cobble: 0.9 mi
- Black Spruce Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Shingle Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Phoebe Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Patent Line Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Unclassified: 4.4 mi
- Sullivan Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Van Dusen Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Harris Land Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 7.0 mi
- pump house: 1.3 mi
- Father Jogues Monument: 1.9 mi
- Fort George Ruins: 2.1 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Colonel Williams Monument: 4.0 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 1.6 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 1.6 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 1.8 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 3.1 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 5.5 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 1.6 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 1.7 mi
- Fort William Henry: 1.8 mi
- Chapman Historical Museum: 9.2 mi
- World Awareness Children's Museum: 9.6 mi
- Bear Slide: 6.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.9 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 8.9 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 11.4 mi
- Palmer Falls: 12.7 mi
- Usher Park: 2.4 mi
- Diamond Island: 4.2 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 5.8 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 11.1 mi
- Log Bay Island: 11.2 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 3.0 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 8.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 8.8 mi
- New Buck: 9.0 mi
- Ark Wall: 12.1 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 5.4 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 8.4 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 8.5 mi
- Wayside Beach: 8.5 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 10.3 mi
- Old Red Spring: 23.3 mi
- Hathorn Spring: 23.9 mi
- Congress Spring: 24.0 mi
- Columbian Spring: 24.0 mi
- Deer Park Spring: 24.1 mi
- Arboretum: 6.6 mi
- Alumni Memorial Garden: 22.8 mi
- Mr.Haas's Garden: 24.5 mi
- Standard Time: 23.7 mi
- Devils Armchair: 24.0 mi
- Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Prospect Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Spruce Mountain | W 259° | 716 m | 1.1 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 49° | 711 m | 10.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ENE 58° | 658 m | 8.3 mi |
| Number Nine Mountain | NW 309° | 646 m | 9.2 mi |
| Phoebe Mountain | NW 306° | 618 m | 2.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 298° | 602 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 260° | 599 m | 8.9 mi |
| Shingle Mountain | NNW 328° | 595 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:36 | 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 | 19 | 20 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls Farm, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578212
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 16 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 24 mi
- Ballston Spa · 29 mi
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