Swede Mountain
Swede Mountain rises to 579 m in New York. Pharoah Mountain stands 772 m to the north-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Barton Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Swede Mountain is a mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located southwest of Ticonderoga and north of Glens Falls in Warren County. The Swede Mountain Fire Observation Station is located on top of the mountain.
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Wikidata Q34810865, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 579 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 16.9 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 18.0 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 19.0 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Summit View · 19 mi
- Flag View · 19 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 22 mi
- Lake George Panorama · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barton Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Brace Hill: 1.3 mi
- Beech Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Third Brother: 2.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Hague Town Beach Park: 4.7 mi
- Peggy's Point: 4.8 mi
- Rogers Rock Campground Entrance: 6.5 mi
- Town of Horicon: 8.9 mi
- Hazel Island: 10.5 mi
- Uncas Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Deer Leap: 6.4 mi
- Anthonys Nose: 6.8 mi
- Campground Wall: 7.2 mi
- Greek Wall: 7.3 mi
- Bandstand: 10.9 mi
- Liberty Monument: 11.0 mi
- Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Bolton Time Capsule: 12.8 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 3.7 mi
- Terzian Woodlot: 5.4 mi
- Bald Ledge Primitive Area: 6.5 mi
- Leeming Jelliffe Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Lake George Land Conservancy: 7.8 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 8.6 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 11.5 mi
- Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum: 11.8 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 12.9 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 13.2 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Island: 8.2 mi
- West Dollar Is Day Use Area: 9.5 mi
- West Dollar Island: 9.5 mi
- Little As You Were Island: 10.7 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 13.1 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 19.9 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 21.1 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 21.6 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 22.4 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 4.7 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 9.0 mi
- Park beach: 10.8 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 19.4 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 20.1 mi
- Uncas Falls: 5.2 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 11.6 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 12.7 mi
- Schroon Falls: 13.7 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 16.9 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 12.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.7 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 18.2 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- Mandala II: 22.4 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 23.4 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Swede Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharoah Mountain | NNW 329° | 772 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pharaoh Mountain | NNW 329° | 772 m | 6.6 mi |
| Catamount Mountain | SSE 154° | 702 m | 3.7 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | S 174° | 688 m | 6.7 mi |
| Treadway Mountain | NNW 348° | 684 m | 7.0 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | S 172° | 680 m | 6.5 mi |
| Stevens Mountain | NW 316° | 659 m | 3.3 mi |
| Big Clear Pond Mountain | N 355° | 657 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:57 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 33 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357592027
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 9 mi
- Crown Point · 17 mi
- Middlebury · 29 mi
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