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Seneca Mountain

Seneca Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Seneca Mountain rises to 725 m in New York. Baldhead Mountain stands 871 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Perry Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Dude Ranch Trail passes 7.0 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34904859, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
725 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.36563, -74.03152

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sam Spread Town Park: 9.5 mi
  • Hadley-Sam Smead Memorial Park: 9.7 mi
  • Dean Mountain Whitewhater Park: 9.7 mi
  • Mill Park: 10.1 mi
  • Wayside Beach Park: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves: 54
Historic sites: 28
  • Frank Watkins: 8.7 mi
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 12.9 mi
  • paint mine: 14.0 mi
  • pump house: 15.7 mi
  • Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 13.2 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 16.4 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 16.5 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 16.6 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 16.7 mi
Museums: 22
Waterfalls: 17
  • third falls: 6.4 mi
  • second falls: 6.5 mi
  • first falls: 7.3 mi
  • Eggleston Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Bear Slide: 8.4 mi
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Congress Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Beaverview Wall: 12.7 mi
  • Wayout Wall: 13.6 mi
  • Small Rocky overlook: 17.9 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 22.5 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 23.1 mi
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 4
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Seneca Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldhead MountainNNE 22°871 m8.5 mi
Tenant MountainW 273°841 m3.9 mi
Buck MountainWSW 250°814 m6.0 mi
Hadley MountainENE 71°807 m3.3 mi
Spruce MountainNE 48°806 m2.4 mi
Thompson MountainN 9°802 m3.9 mi
Gene Edwards MountainW 269°793 m4.8 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 240°793 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1619:5720:41
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2615:3716:24

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357588858

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