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Silver Lake Mountain

Silver Lake Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Lake Mountain rises to 828 m in New York. Swart Mountain stands 933 m to the north-northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 7.5 miles off.

The story

Silver Lake Mountain is a summit located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Benson north-northwest of the hamlet of Upper Benson.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34832689, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
828 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.29590, -74.41181

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
  • Parker's Corner Park: 9.0 mi
  • Poplar Point Day Use Area: 11.2 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 13.1 mi
  • shuffle board: 13.8 mi
  • Willie Marsh: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Waterfalls: 11
  • West Stoney Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
  • first falls: 12.4 mi
  • second falls: 13.2 mi
  • third falls: 13.3 mi
  • Auger Falls: 14.5 mi
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Lost Hunter's: 5.6 mi
  • McMartin: 6.0 mi
  • Lost T: 6.1 mi
  • Choss Factory: 7.8 mi
  • Echo Cliff: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 3
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 20.8 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.3 mi
  • I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Silver Lake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Swart MountainNNE 12°933 m7.1 mi
Dugway MountainNNE 14°904 m6.0 mi
Three Ponds MountainE 82°890 m2.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNE 35°874 m0.6 mi
Blue Ridge MountainSSE 164°866 m1.4 mi
Pigeon MountainS 187°850 m4.4 mi
Moose MountainWNW 301°847 m3.2 mi
North Branch MountainW 265°829 m4.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1819:5920:42
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395362666457443323
Precip in3.93.53.74.44.54.94.84.14.34.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357589598

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