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Snowy Mountain

Snowy Mountain, a peak in New York
Snowy Mountain, a peak in New YorkTheTurducken · CC BY 2.0
Snowy Mountain, a peak in New York
TheTurducken · CC BY 2.0
Snowy Mountain, a peak in New York
TheTurducken · CC BY 2.0

Snowy Mountain rises to 1,166 m in New York. Panther Mountain stands 1,146 m to the north, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Buell Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 2.2 miles off.

About

The story

Snowy Mountain is a mountain located in Hamilton County, New York. Initially known as 'Squaw Bonnet', its summit is the highest point in the county. While most maps show the elevation as 3899 feet, some suggest that more recent surveys have it as 3904 feet or even 3908 feet.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7548744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1166 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.70025, -74.38666

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Chimney Mountain: 7.9 mi
  • Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 12.9 mi
  • Mini Route 66: 14.1 mi
  • Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 15.6 mi
  • Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 16.4 mi
Parks: 8
  • Byron Park: 8.7 mi
  • shuffle board: 14.5 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 18.4 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 18.7 mi
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Long Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 3.8 mi
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Silver Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 19.9 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Sugar Shack Ruins: 12.6 mi
  • Gate House Ruins: 13.5 mi
  • Pendleton: 20.5 mi
  • paint mine: 23.0 mi
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 3.3 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 4.4 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 7.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.6 mi
Museums: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Rt 30 Alien: 4.6 mi
  • Iron Cross: 12.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rafting: 7.9 mi
  • Whitewater rafting: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 2.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Snowy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Panther MountainN 355°1,146 m2.5 mi
Wakely MountainWNW 291°1,143 m6.9 mi
Lewey MountainSW 228°1,117 m3.7 mi
Buell MountainNW 318°1,114 m1.5 mi
Little Moose MountainWSW 257°1,100 m9.4 mi
Manbury MountainWSW 254°1,053 m8.7 mi
Puffer MountainESE 106°1,048 m9.7 mi
Bullhead MountainE 94°1,042 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1720:0020:44
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2915:3716:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395160646356443322
Precip in3.02.53.23.73.94.44.04.03.54.53.53.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965586 — Snowy Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357590017

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