Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain rises to 675 m in New York. Hamilton Mountain stands 980 m to the west, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Spruce Mountain is a summit located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Wells east of the hamlet of Wells.
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Wikidata Q34910093, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 675 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 14.5 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 10.6 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 20.3 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 10 mi
- view east · 16 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 21 mi
- Summit View · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pine Orchard: 1.5 mi
- Corrigan Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cattle Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Steve Bigle Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 4.7 mi
- shuffle board: 9.8 mi
- Waterfront Park: 12.5 mi
- Edinburg Town Park: 14.8 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- first falls: 4.0 mi
- second falls: 4.5 mi
- third falls: 4.5 mi
- Auger Falls: 4.9 mi
- Austin Falls: 7.7 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 5.2 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 9.9 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 16.2 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 18.4 mi
- Unclassified: 18.4 mi
- Mini Route 66: 10.2 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 19.6 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 19.6 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 20.7 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 22.8 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 10.6 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 13.7 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 13.8 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 23.1 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 24.4 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 14.9 mi
- Wayout Wall: 15.1 mi
- Echo Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 18.5 mi
- McMartin: 18.9 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 15.3 mi
- paint mine: 15.9 mi
- pump house: 23.8 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Father Jogues Monument: 24.6 mi
- Wayside Beach: 19.0 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 19.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 20.8 mi
- Long Beach: 20.8 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 21.3 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 12.5 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 18.5 mi
- Elisha Yale: 24.4 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 24.9 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 16.3 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 18.2 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Mountain | W 273° | 980 m | 8.5 mi |
| Swart Mountain | W 266° | 933 m | 9.2 mi |
| Macomber Mountain | NNW 344° | 891 m | 7.5 mi |
| Speculator Mountain | WNW 298° | 882 m | 8.1 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | N 352° | 877 m | 8.0 mi |
| Tenant Mountain | ESE 119° | 841 m | 5.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | SSE 150° | 814 m | 5.6 mi |
| Thompson Mountain | E 83° | 802 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357590779
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