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Ross Mountain

Ross Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34830873, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
800 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.54173, -74.02985

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 41
  • 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
Nature reserves: 28
  • Mill Creek Parking Area: 3.8 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
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 19
  • 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
Picnic sites: 15
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 18.2 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 18.5 mi
  • Diamond Island: 18.6 mi
  • Usher Park: 18.6 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 3.4 mi
  • paint mine: 3.5 mi
  • Frank Watkins: 13.2 mi
  • pump house: 17.7 mi
  • Father Jogues Monument: 18.3 mi
Museums: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • 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
Beaches: 8
  • 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
Gardens: 3
  • Community Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Arboretum: 22.8 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 24.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Whitewater rafting: 13.6 mi
  • Rafting: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gore MountainN 354°1,086 m9.1 mi
Eleventh MountainNNW 337°1,004 m5.4 mi
Crane MountainE 87°992 m3.4 mi
County Line MountainWNW 299°939 m9.8 mi
Height of Land MountainN 349°897 m7.7 mi
Mount BlueSSW 213°885 m1.5 mi
Blue HillsW 275°877 m7.1 mi
Buckhorn MountainW 262°877 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1619:5820:42
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2715:3616:23

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, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357582913

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