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Skene Mountain

Skene Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Skene Mountain rises to 162 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the west-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lafayette's Tour, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 0.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34832863, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
162 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.55701, -73.39678

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 39
  • Lafayette's Tour: 0.2 mi
  • Old Champlain Canal Lock 19: 8.1 mi
  • The Stand Against Burgoyne: 10.5 mi
  • Fort Anne: 10.5 mi
  • Fort Anne: 10.6 mi
Nature reserves: 31
Cliffs: 25
Museums: 21
  • Skenesborough Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Benson Museum: 11.4 mi
  • Pember Library and Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Slate Valley Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Ballard Farm: 14.4 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 18.3 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 18.3 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 18.4 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Gardens: 8
  • Community Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Arboretum: 19.1 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Hague Town Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Artworks: 5
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 8.6 mi
  • Mandala II: 11.4 mi
  • Oculus: 20.8 mi
  • The Leash Sculpture: 21.1 mi
  • Rutland Water Fountain: 21.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 5.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Skene Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainWNW 297°805 m7.5 mi
Erebus MountainW 280°765 m7.9 mi
Sleeping BeautyW 271°715 m7.7 mi
Buck MountainWSW 256°711 m10.3 mi
Fivemile MountainWNW 302°688 m10.7 mi
Huckleberry MountainNW 304°680 m10.7 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 246°658 m11.5 mi
Spruce MountainNNW 331°604 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:06
June solstice05:1319:5520:39
September equinox06:4118:1518:53
December solstice07:2415:3416:21

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965347 — Skene Mountain, Washington County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357589701

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