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Russia Mountain

Russia Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Russia Mountain rises to 428 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34831779, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
428 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.63004, -73.74848

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 42
  • Picketts Corner Park: 2.2 mi
  • Cadyville Recreation Park: 8.2 mi
  • Jefferson Dukette Memorial Field: 10.2 mi
  • LaPierre Lane Riverway Park: 10.4 mi
  • East Morrisonville Park: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Museums: 15
  • Rockwell Kent Collection: 14.5 mi
  • Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 14.6 mi
  • Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 14.6 mi
  • Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum: 15.3 mi
  • War of 1812 Museum: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Horseshoe Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Alice Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Flume Falls: 18.7 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 18.8 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 13.4 mi
  • Clintonville: 14.1 mi
  • Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 14.3 mi
  • Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 15.3 mi
  • MacDonough Monument: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Airplane: 15.2 mi
  • Ausable Chasm: 15.9 mi
  • Potholes: 20.4 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 20.4 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Potter Mountain Cliff: 8.2 mi
  • Tsunami Wall: 8.4 mi
  • summit fliff: 8.5 mi
  • Center of Progress Cliff: 8.7 mi
  • Great Wall: 17.6 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 18.4 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 15.8 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 16.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Russia Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainNW 312°1,167 m7.6 mi
Averill PeakWNW 304°1,159 m7.8 mi
Brushy KnobNW 307°885 m6.7 mi
Norton PeakW 275°876 m10.4 mi
Duncan MountainSW 229°825 m11.4 mi
Johnson MountainNNW 345°755 m5.6 mi
Silver Lake MountainSSW 211°723 m8.9 mi
Tolman MountainSSW 212°722 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1020:0020:45
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:3015:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130435665696760483625
Precip in2.92.32.83.84.04.94.24.13.84.72.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 963120 — Russia Mountain, Clinton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357583252

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