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Squirrel Top

Squirrel Top, seen from above at true elevation

Squirrel Top rises to 794 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 3.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34910512, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
794 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.77118, -74.56266

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 9
  • Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 3.4 mi
  • Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 5.5 mi
  • Big Rock: 14.5 mi
  • Long Lake Boat Tours: 15.7 mi
  • Chimney Mountain: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Parks: 7
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 15.2 mi
  • Byron Park: 15.4 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 15.5 mi
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Fourth Lake Day Use Area: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Beaches: 4
  • Silver Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Long Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 14.8 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Iron Cross: 2.5 mi
  • Rt 30 Alien: 12.7 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 20.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Sugar Shack Ruins: 2.8 mi
  • Gate House Ruins: 3.8 mi
  • Pendleton: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 12.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rafting: 14.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Squirrel Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainESE 119°1,166 m10.1 mi
Panther MountainESE 105°1,146 m8.9 mi
Wakely MountainSE 136°1,143 m3.4 mi
Blue MountainNE 49°1,143 m10.7 mi
Lewey MountainSE 141°1,117 m9.6 mi
Buell MountainESE 116°1,114 m8.7 mi
Little Moose MountainS 183°1,100 m7.0 mi
Pillsbury MountainS 169°1,094 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:11
June solstice05:1720:0020:45
September equinox06:4618:2018:58
December solstice07:3015:3716:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 966184 — Squirrel Top, Hamilton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357590853

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