Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain rises to 687 m in New York. Blue Mountain stands 1,143 m to the southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttermilk Falls, a picnic site 1.0 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hamilton County, New York, United States of America; geonames ID = 5140121.
Wikidata Q34842967, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 687 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 4.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 5.4 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 20.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 18 mi
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Owls Head Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Little Blue Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 3.2 mi
- East Inlet Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 3.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 1.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 16.6 mi
- Raquette Falls: 17.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 17.1 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 17.9 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 9.4 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 13.4 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 21.0 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 22.5 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 22.9 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 4.1 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 4.4 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 4.4 mi
- Byron Park: 15.4 mi
- Flanders Park: 20.6 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 5.8 mi
- Silver Beach: 9.4 mi
- Long Beach: 18.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 18.4 mi
- Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 24.3 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 11.6 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 15.6 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 21.0 mi
- Big Rock: 22.1 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 12.7 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 13.2 mi
- Pendleton: 13.8 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 23.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 1.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 23.5 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 4.9 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 20.2 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 20.6 mi
- The Crags: 10.3 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Iron Cross: 12.5 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 20.9 mi
- Rafting: 14.6 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 21.2 mi
- Tahawus: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | SE 132° | 1,143 m | 5.8 mi |
| Wakely Mountain | S 186° | 1,143 m | 13.4 mi |
| Dun Brook Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,086 m | 8.8 mi |
| Fishing Brook Mountain | E 88° | 1,082 m | 9.6 mi |
| Kempshall Mountain | NE 51° | 1,021 m | 10.3 mi |
| Metcalf Mountain | S 182° | 1,007 m | 12.2 mi |
| Burgess Mountain | SSE 152° | 973 m | 13.8 mi |
| Tongue Mountain | E 100° | 964 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:36 | 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 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357591755
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