Peak · New York
Spar Bed Hill
Spar Bed Hill rises to 409 m in New York. Hail Mountain stands 792 m to the west, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34834604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 409 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.98644, -73.53513
- 4.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 9.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 24.4 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 24.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 7 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 15 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 15 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Cliffs
- Broughton Ledge: 5.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 9.9 mi
- Rogers Slide: 13.4 mi
Peaks
- Walnut Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Lewis: 1.5 mi
- Bald Peak: 1.9 mi
- Coot Hill: 2.0 mi
- Blue Hill: 2.1 mi
Parks: 32
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 5.7 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 7.1 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.0 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 10.5 mi
- Bi-Centenial Park: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 25
- Falls of Carrilon: 11.0 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 11.3 mi
- Schroon Falls: 12.2 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 12.5 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 12.6 mi
Historic sites: 24
- Meacham House: 5.2 mi
- Gage's Redoubt: 5.7 mi
- Historic Redoubt: 5.8 mi
- Fort Crown Point: 6.0 mi
- Fort Saint-Frédéric: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 24
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 5.5 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 6.9 mi
- Signal Buoy Island: 7.6 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 10.0 mi
Museums: 16
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 4.4 mi
- The Iron Center: 5.5 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 6.1 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 6.6 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 11.1 mi
Artworks: 12
- Bench and Table: 17.7 mi
- Smog: 17.7 mi
- Youbie Obie: 17.8 mi
- Frisbee Dog: 17.8 mi
- King Kong: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 6
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 5.2 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 6.0 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 13.6 mi
- Westport Beach: 14.6 mi
- Park beach: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 5.2 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 5.4 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 6.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 16.3 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 23.8 mi
Attractions: 4
- Nature preserve: 10.0 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 14.1 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 22.4 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 3
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 12.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Spar Bed Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail Mountain | W 273° | 792 m | 3.5 mi |
| Owl Pate | WSW 245° | 746 m | 6.4 mi |
| Moose Mountain | WSW 244° | 732 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | NW 309° | 705 m | 1.9 mi |
| Stiles Hill | NNW 331° | 682 m | 6.2 mi |
| Harris Hill | NW 307° | 673 m | 4.1 mi |
| Lock Mountain | WNW 298° | 629 m | 3.2 mi |
| Blue Hill | WNW 291° | 627 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965940 — Spar Bed Hill, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357590533
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 5 mi
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Westport · 15 mi
- Middlebury · 19 mi
- Essex · 24 mi
- Lake George · 26 mi
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