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The Diameter

The Diameter, seen from above at true elevation

The Diameter rises to 272 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the north-northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Diameter, a peak 0.9 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 3.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34812268, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
272 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.53757, -73.48456

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 39
Nature reserves: 33
Cliffs: 26
  • Ark Wall: 5.7 mi
  • New Buck: 6.3 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 6.8 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 7.4 mi
  • Deer Leap: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 13.9 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 13.9 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 14.0 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 14.8 mi
  • Frankie's Mine Train: 16.5 mi
Museums: 18
  • Skenesborough Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Hartford Museum: 12.8 mi
  • Lake George Historical Association: 13.8 mi
  • House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Beaches: 10
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Hague Town Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Gardens: 6
  • Community Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Arboretum: 15.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.6 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 12.6 mi
  • Mandala II: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 10.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of The Diameter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainNNW 334°805 m5.3 mi
Erebus MountainNW 308°765 m4.3 mi
Sleeping BeautyWNW 293°715 m3.6 mi
Buck MountainWSW 258°711 m5.7 mi
Catamount MountainNNW 340°702 m11.1 mi
Fivemile MountainNNW 327°688 m8.4 mi
Huckleberry MountainNNW 329°680 m8.6 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 241°658 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1419:5620:39
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2515:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357592568

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