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Silver Lake Mountain

Silver Lake Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Lake Mountain rises to 723 m in New York. Morgan Mountain stands 1,050 m to the south, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Center of Progress Cliff, a cliff 1.4 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 9.0 miles off.

The story

Silver Lake Mountain is a 2,372 ft mountain in the North-Eastern Adirondacks located near Au Sable Forks, New York. A trail starting from Silver Lake Road leads 0.9 miles up the mountain to the summit offering views of the surrounding lakes and mountains, including Whiteface Mountain.

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Wikidata Q27962311, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
723 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.51961, -73.84031

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wilmington Heritage Park: 9.1 mi
  • Wilmington Bike Park: 9.2 mi
  • Lake Everest - Town Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Town of Wilmington Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Picketts Corner Park: 11.1 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Historic sites: 19
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 9.3 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 11.1 mi
  • Bert Williams Farm: 11.2 mi
  • Clintonville: 13.5 mi
  • 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 16.7 mi
Museums: 19
  • Six Nations Indian Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 17.7 mi
  • Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 17.8 mi
  • Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 17.8 mi
  • North Star Underground Railroad Museum: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Flume Falls: 10.5 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 10.6 mi
  • Upper Stag Brook Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 11.4 mi
  • High Falls (Climax): 11.9 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Potholes: 11.9 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 11.9 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 11.9 mi
  • Master Pothole: 11.9 mi
  • Porridge Potholes: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Center of Progress Cliff: 1.4 mi
  • summit fliff: 1.4 mi
  • Tsunami Wall: 1.7 mi
  • Potter Mountain Cliff: 2.0 mi
  • Great Wall: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 21.5 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 23.1 mi
  • Footbridge Park: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 3
Artworks: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Silver Lake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morgan MountainS 188°1,050 m7.0 mi
Catamount MountainSSW 201°967 m4.5 mi
Duncan MountainW 273°825 m4.1 mi
Winch MountainS 184°816 m7.5 mi
Tolman MountainNNE 29°722 m2.7 mi
Larry Ryan MountainE 87°659 m7.2 mi
Buckley MountainE 83°648 m8.3 mi
Douglas MountainSW 222°647 m2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2919:08
June solstice05:1120:0020:45
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:3015:3116:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192232455866716961493826

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru 2 WSW, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9915745588

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