Ross Mountain
Ross Mountain rises to 800 m in New York. Gore Mountain stands 1,086 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34830873, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 800 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 10.2 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 10.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 12.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Summit View · 13 mi
- Flag View · 13 mi
- River Overlook · 17 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mount Blue: 1.5 mi
- Gillingham Knoll: 2.1 mi
- Kettle Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Wolf Pond Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Warrensburg Recreation Field: 13.0 mi
- Floyd Bennett Park: 13.1 mi
- Calvin Engle Park: 13.5 mi
- shuffle board: 16.6 mi
- Courtney Park: 16.6 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 7.2 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 11.8 mi
- Unclassified: 12.4 mi
- Harris Land Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 16.1 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 10.2 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 11.0 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 11.2 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 14.2 mi
- Mini Route 66: 16.8 mi
- Square Falls: 5.4 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 9.2 mi
- Auger Falls: 12.0 mi
- Bear Slide: 12.4 mi
- Austin Falls: 12.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 18.5 mi
- Diamond Island: 18.6 mi
- Usher Park: 18.6 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 20.7 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 3.4 mi
- paint mine: 3.5 mi
- pump house: 17.7 mi
- Father Jogues Monument: 18.3 mi
- Fort George Ruins: 18.4 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 11.3 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 17.1 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 17.2 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 17.8 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 17.8 mi
- Wayout Wall: 2.6 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 2.9 mi
- Moxham Point: 15.0 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 18.7 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 20.4 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 10.6 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 12.3 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
- Long Beach: 17.6 mi
- Wayside Beach: 18.0 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 13.6 mi
- Rafting: 20.7 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 19.3 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 23.0 mi
- Arboretum: 22.8 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Ross Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Mountain | N 354° | 1,086 m | 9.1 mi |
| Eleventh Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,004 m | 5.4 mi |
| South Pond Mountain | WNW 289° | 993 m | 10.1 mi |
| Crane Mountain | E 87° | 992 m | 3.4 mi |
| County Line Mountain | WNW 299° | 939 m | 9.8 mi |
| Height of Land Mountain | N 349° | 897 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Blue | SSW 213° | 885 m | 1.5 mi |
| Blue Hills | W 275° | 877 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:36 | 16:23 |
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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357582913
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 24 mi
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