Ruby Mountain
Ruby Mountain rises to 805 m in New York. Gore Mountain stands 1,086 m to the south-southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Ruby Mountain is a mountain located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, in the town of Indian Lake in Hamilton County, east-southeast of the hamlet of Indian Lake. The mountain has been the location of a garnet mine owned by Barton Mines since 1982.
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Wikidata Q34831705, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 805 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 6.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 8.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 22.8 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 9 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 12 mi
- River Overlook · 21 mi
- Summit View · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Davis Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Slide Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Big Thirteenth Lake Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Starbuck Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Casey Mountain: 2.2 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 3.7 mi
- Square Falls: 11.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.6 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 13.0 mi
- Byron Park: 7.8 mi
- Courtney Park: 8.8 mi
- Bandstand Park: 18.2 mi
- Town of Horicon: 18.5 mi
- shuffle board: 21.6 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 1.6 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 7.8 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 15.1 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 20.2 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 20.5 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 4.7 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 6.9 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 12.6 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 15.1 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 6.9 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 10.9 mi
- Long Beach: 10.9 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 18.1 mi
- Park beach: 18.2 mi
- Moxham Point: 6.9 mi
- Wayout Wall: 14.3 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 15.4 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 20.8 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 23.3 mi
- paint mine: 14.5 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 15.7 mi
- Pendleton: 16.4 mi
- Bandstand: 18.2 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 23.1 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 6.5 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 18.4 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 18.5 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 21.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 12.1 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 22.2 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 2.9 mi
- Rafting: 8.9 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 16.5 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Tahawus: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Ruby Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,086 m | 5.8 mi |
| Puffer Mountain | SW 219° | 1,048 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | SW 225° | 1,042 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pete Gay Mountain | SE 142° | 944 m | 4.9 mi |
| Height of Land Mountain | SSE 161° | 897 m | 7.0 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | WSW 240° | 882 m | 2.6 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | N 355° | 882 m | 8.5 mi |
| Slide Mountain | SW 235° | 873 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 963067 — Ruby Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357583149
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 29 mi
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