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Seward Mountain

Seward Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Seward Mountain rises to 1,319 m in New York. Algonquin Peak stands 1,555 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Donaldson Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 9.5 miles off. 211 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

About

The story

Seward Mountain is a mountain in the Seward Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 24th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,361 feet (1,329 m). The mountain is located in the town of Harrietstown in Franklin County. It is named for New York governor William Seward.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7458181, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,319 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.15978, -74.19932

Overlooks nearby

Around it

211 named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 47
  • Henderson Cliff: 6.6 mi
  • Wallface: 8.2 mi
  • Pulpit Rock: 15.4 mi
  • Weeping Winds: 16.7 mi
  • Panorama Bluff: 17.1 mi
Peaks: 44
Waterfalls: 33
  • Millers Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Raquette Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Wanika Falls: 7.6 mi
Parks: 30
  • Baldwin Park: 11.5 mi
  • Riverside Park: 11.9 mi
  • Prescott Park: 11.9 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 11.9 mi
  • Beaver Park: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 17
Historic sites: 15
Nature reserves: 8
  • Ampersand Primitive Area: 5.4 mi
  • Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 6.7 mi
  • Tahawas Primitive Area: 8.4 mi
  • Heaven Hill Trails: 11.7 mi
  • Henry's Woods: 12.7 mi
Museums: 8
Gardens: 4
  • Common Ground Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Peace Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Goolds Garden: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Buttermilk Falls: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Seward Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Algonquin PeakE1,555 m10.6 mi
Iroquois PeakE1,472 m10.1 mi
Boundary PeakE1,471 m10.3 mi
Santanoni PeakSSE1,401 m6.3 mi
Panther PeakSE1,358 m5.4 mi
Mount MarshallESE1,333 m9.6 mi
Nye MountainENE1,271 m8.9 mi
Street MountainE1,265 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:09
June solstice05:1420:0020:45
September equinox06:4518:1818:56
December solstice07:3015:3416:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141524385059646255443321

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RAY Brook, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 964885 — Seward Mountain, Franklin County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357589026

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