Stark Hills
Stark Hills rises to 696 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the south-southwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Ledger Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Stark Hills is a mountain located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Indian Lake northwest of Indian Lake.
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Wikidata Q34930023, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 696 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 1.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 9.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 27.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 10 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 15 mi
- River Overlook · 23 mi
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ledger Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mill Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Little Mill Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Sawyer Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Little Sawyer: 2.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 9.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 9.4 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 10.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.5 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 16.8 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 11.0 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 15.9 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 17.4 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 18.5 mi
- Byron Park: 4.4 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 10.8 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 11.1 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 11.4 mi
- Courtney Park: 19.2 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 11.5 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 12.3 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 15.2 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 18.6 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 19.9 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
- Long Beach: 9.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 9.5 mi
- Silver Beach: 14.8 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 18.6 mi
- Pendleton: 10.5 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 16.1 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 17.0 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 21.1 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 24.7 mi
- The Crags: 17.2 mi
- Moxham Point: 17.8 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 22.4 mi
- Wayout Wall: 24.9 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 6.8 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 18.2 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 23.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 10.7 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 16.8 mi
- Rafting: 3.7 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 14.5 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 14.4 mi
- Iron Cross: 15.8 mi
- Tahawus: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Stark Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,166 m | 10.0 mi |
| Panther Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,146 m | 7.8 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,143 m | 5.4 mi |
| Buell Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,114 m | 9.5 mi |
| Dun Brook Mountain | N 351° | 1,086 m | 4.1 mi |
| Fishing Brook Mountain | N 5° | 1,082 m | 7.1 mi |
| Metcalf Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,007 m | 10.9 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | SSW 194° | 981 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:36 | 16:23 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 966252 — Stark Hills, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357590979
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