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The Pinnacle

The Pinnacle, seen from above at true elevation

The Pinnacle rises to 490 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Orebed Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 2.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Washington County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 967315)

Wikidata Q34812543, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
490 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.47951, -73.47817

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Riverside Park: 6.4 mi
  • Ward Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
  • Log Bay Island: 8.4 mi
  • Huckleberry Island: 8.6 mi
  • Sarah Island: 8.7 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Historic sites: 35
Cliffs: 23
  • New Buck: 6.2 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 7.2 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 7.6 mi
  • Ark Wall: 8.1 mi
  • Small Rocky overlook: 11.0 mi
Museums: 18
  • Skenesborough Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Hartford Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Pember Library and Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Slate Valley Museum: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 12.3 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 12.4 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 12.5 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 12.7 mi
  • Frankie's Mine Train: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Beaches: 9
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Gardens: 3
  • Community Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Arboretum: 12.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 12.5 mi
  • Mandala II: 17.4 mi
  • For Euler: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainNNW 343°805 m9.2 mi
Erebus MountainNNW 331°765 m7.6 mi
Sleeping BeautyNNW 327°715 m6.5 mi
Buck MountainWNW 296°711 m6.5 mi
Fivemile MountainNNW 336°688 m12.1 mi
Huckleberry MountainNNW 337°680 m12.3 mi
Pilot KnobW 276°658 m6.5 mi
Spruce MountainN 1°604 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1419:5520:39
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2415:3416:21

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357592646

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