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Shelving Rock Mountain

Shelving Rock Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Shelving Rock Mountain rises to 343 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ark Wall, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 8.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34905704, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
343 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.56173, -73.60095

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Log Bay Island: 0.8 mi
  • Huckleberry Island: 0.9 mi
  • Pleasure Island: 1.1 mi
  • Sarah Island: 1.9 mi
  • Hazel Island: 2.0 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 2.7 mi
  • Lafayette's Tour: 10.0 mi
  • Old Champlain Canal Lock 19: 11.1 mi
  • The Stand Against Burgoyne: 11.4 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Cliffs: 27
  • Ark Wall: 0.4 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 3.6 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 4.1 mi
  • New Buck: 4.3 mi
  • Deer Leap: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 11.0 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 11.1 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 11.2 mi
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 12.4 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 12.7 mi
Museums: 18
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Skenesborough Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Lake George Historical Association: 10.9 mi
  • Town of Horicon Museum: 10.9 mi
  • House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Beaches: 11
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Hague Town Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Gardens: 6
  • Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Arboretum: 14.6 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 20.6 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 22.2 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 18.6 mi
  • Mandala II: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 15.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Shelving Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainNE 48°805 m4.7 mi
Erebus MountainENE 68°765 m2.7 mi
Sleeping BeautyE 96°715 m2.6 mi
Buck MountainS 175°711 m2.9 mi
Catamount MountainNNE 13°702 m9.0 mi
Fivemile MountainNNE 12°688 m5.5 mi
Huckleberry MountainNNE 13°680 m5.8 mi
Pilot KnobS 183°658 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1419:5620:40
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2515:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357589338

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