Russia Mountain
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
- 13.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 18.6 mi off the Military Trail
- 21.1 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- Whirlpool Basin Overlook · 15 mi
- Sentry Box Overlook · 16 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 16 mi
- Pulpit Rock Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Hill: 2.1 mi
- Clark Hill: 2.8 mi
- Columbe Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Little Ellis Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Sugar Hill: 4.8 mi
- 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
- Burnt Hill State Forest: 2.4 mi
- Cadyville State Forest: 8.1 mi
- Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Imperial Mills Dam: 14.0 mi
- Moon Pond State Forest: 16.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Airplane: 15.2 mi
- Ausable Chasm: 15.9 mi
- Potholes: 20.4 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 20.4 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 20.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- Amite Sculpture: 14.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 19.8 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Mountain | NW 312° | 1,167 m | 7.6 mi |
| Averill Peak | WNW 304° | 1,159 m | 7.8 mi |
| Brushy Knob | NW 307° | 885 m | 6.7 mi |
| Norton Peak | W 275° | 876 m | 10.4 mi |
| Duncan Mountain | SW 229° | 825 m | 11.4 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | NNW 345° | 755 m | 5.6 mi |
| Silver Lake Mountain | SSW 211° | 723 m | 8.9 mi |
| Tolman Mountain | SSW 212° | 722 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
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
Day trips start here
- Colchester · 28 mi
- Burlington · 29 mi
- Essex · 29 mi
- Winooski · 29 mi
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