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Spruce Top

Spruce Top, seen from above at true elevation

Spruce Top rises to 662 m in New York. Santanoni Peak stands 1,401 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 7.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34910242, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
662 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.10256, -74.36905

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 27
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 9.5 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 9.8 mi
  • Flanders Park: 9.9 mi
  • Baldwin Park: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Upper Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Raquette Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Millers Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 14
Historic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 7
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Common Ground Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Peace Garden: 23.7 mi
  • Goolds Garden: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Silver Beach: 22.6 mi
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 22.9 mi
  • Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rafting: 22.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Spruce Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santanoni PeakE 97°1,401 m11.9 mi
Panther PeakE 91°1,358 m11.8 mi
Seward MountainENE 65°1,319 m9.3 mi
Donaldson MountainENE 66°1,238 m8.6 mi
Seymour MountainENE 69°1,236 m10.5 mi
Mount EmmonsENE 70°1,226 m8.2 mi
Sawtooth #1ENE 64°1,181 m13.7 mi
Sawtooth #2ENE 61°1,164 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1520:0120:45
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:3015:3516:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151725395361666457453322
Precip in3.22.73.13.83.84.54.34.23.94.43.73.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tupper Lake Sunmount, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357590809

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