Ragged Mountain
Ragged Mountain rises to 395 m in New York. Bitch Mountain stands 796 m to the south, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 962135).
Wikidata Q34900370, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 395 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 7.9 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 13.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 20.8 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Falls Overlook · 11 mi
- Pulpit Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Elephants Head Overlook · 11 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Colby Mountain: 1.7 mi
- The Covered Bridge: 5.5 mi
- Wilmington Bike Park: 8.7 mi
- Wilmington Heritage Park: 8.8 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 9.2 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 9.2 mi
- Great Wall: 6.8 mi
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 9.8 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 10.0 mi
- summit fliff: 10.0 mi
- Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve: 4.3 mi
- OSI: 5.5 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 7.7 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 11.7 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 2.1 mi
- Clintonville: 4.3 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 7.3 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 13.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Flume Falls: 10.4 mi
- The Flume Fall: 10.5 mi
- Alice Falls: 10.9 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 11.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.2 mi
- Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 9.7 mi
- North Star Underground Railroad Museum: 11.3 mi
- Adsit Cabin: 13.5 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 15.0 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 15.1 mi
- Ausable Chasm: 11.2 mi
- Potholes: 12.5 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 12.5 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 12.5 mi
- Master Pothole: 12.6 mi
- Port Kent Public Beach Park: 13.7 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 19.4 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 19.4 mi
- Leddy Park Beach: 20.0 mi
- Westport Beach: 20.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 13.1 mi
- Amite Sculpture: 20.2 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 21.2 mi
- Strömkarlen (River Troll): 21.4 mi
- Grey Lock: 21.4 mi
- Formal Garden: 18.4 mi
- Childrens Garden: 21.2 mi
- Myrtle Street Avant Garden: 21.5 mi
- Riverside Nieghborhood Garden: 22.0 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 22.1 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Footbridge Park: 14.9 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 21.0 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 19.2 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Ragged Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitch Mountain | S 183° | 796 m | 4.5 mi |
| Jug Mountain | S 181° | 742 m | 4.1 mi |
| Black Ash Mountain | S 185° | 728 m | 5.7 mi |
| Lincoln Mountain | S 189° | 714 m | 4.6 mi |
| Old Rang Mountain | E 101° | 694 m | 5.5 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | E 97° | 665 m | 4.8 mi |
| McGuire Mountain | E 99° | 664 m | 5.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSE 151° | 649 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:30 | 16:18 |
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 | 22 | 32 | 45 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 26 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru 2 WSW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962135 — Ragged Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357581543
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 17 mi
- Essex · 17 mi
- Westport · 20 mi
- Shelburne · 21 mi
- Burlington · 22 mi
- Charlotte · 22 mi
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