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Sawyer Mountain

Sawyer Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sawyer Mountain rises to 802 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the south-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Sawyer, a peak 0.9 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 1.0 miles off.

About

The story

Sawyer Mountain is a mountain located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Indian Lake west-northwest of Indian Lake. The Sawyer Mountain Trail is a 2.1 mile, moderate rated, trail located near Blue Mountain Lake. The trailhead located on Rte 28/30 between the hamlets of Indian Lake and Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondacks. The trail does not summit the true top, which is 0.2 miles further south of the viewing platform.

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Wikidata Q34904016, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
802 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.80090, -74.33496

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 15
Attractions: 7
  • Chimney Mountain: 9.4 mi
  • Newcomb Ski Slope: 13.6 mi
  • Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 15.8 mi
  • Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 16.0 mi
  • Tannery Pond Community Association: 18.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Parks: 6
  • Byron Park: 4.3 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 12.2 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 12.5 mi
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Courtney Park: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Long Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 7.4 mi
  • Silver Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 18.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 14.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rafting: 3.2 mi
  • Whitewater rafting: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Rt 30 Alien: 12.0 mi
  • Iron Cross: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Sawyer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainSSW1,166 m7.4 mi
Panther MountainSSW1,146 m5.2 mi
Blue MountainNNW1,143 m5.9 mi
Wakely MountainWSW1,143 m10.1 mi
Lewey MountainSSW1,117 m10.8 mi
Buell MountainSSW1,114 m6.9 mi
Dun Brook MountainN1,086 m6.3 mi
Fishing Brook MountainNNE1,082 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1620:0020:44
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2915:3616:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395160646356443322
Precip in3.02.53.23.73.94.44.04.03.54.53.53.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 964544 — Sawyer Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357588116

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