Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain rises to 692 m in New York. Macomb Mountain stands 1,336 m to the north, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Ridge Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Essex county, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34910080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 692 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 11.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 17.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 17.8 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 12 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 14 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 15 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Ridge Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Schroon Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Wyman Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hoffman Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Saywood Hill: 2.2 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 3.8 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Schroon Falls: 3.8 mi
- The Falls: 9.8 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 10.4 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 11.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.5 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 3.7 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 14.3 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 15.1 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 15.1 mi
- Bald Ledge Primitive Area: 16.1 mi
- Bandstand: 7.4 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 12.5 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 13.5 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 14.1 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 3.2 mi
- Bandstand Park: 7.4 mi
- Courtney Park: 13.2 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 14.7 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 16.8 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 13.4 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 16.6 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 18.7 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 18.7 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 19.0 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 13.3 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 18.0 mi
- The Iron Center: 18.6 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 18.7 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 19.6 mi
- Park beach: 7.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 18.5 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 18.9 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 19.4 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 20.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 18.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 18.5 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 19.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 21.8 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 22.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.8 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.8 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 7.1 mi
- Tahawus: 14.6 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macomb Mountain | N 8° | 1,336 m | 7.9 mi |
| South Dix | N 9° | 1,242 m | 8.5 mi |
| Boreas Mountain | NW 319° | 1,152 m | 6.0 mi |
| Hoffman Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,129 m | 2.0 mi |
| Sunrise Mountain | N 5° | 1,099 m | 6.0 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | SSW 211° | 1,052 m | 1.0 mi |
| Wolf Pond Mountain | NW 313° | 1,044 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bailey Hill | WSW 249° | 931 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:33 | 16:21 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 966139 — Spruce Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357590798
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 18 mi
- Elizabethtown · 20 mi
- Westport · 25 mi
- Lake George · 26 mi
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