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The Pinnacle

The Pinnacle, seen from above at true elevation

The Pinnacle rises to 562 m in New York. Silver Lake Mountain stands 723 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Nineteen Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 6.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34812466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
562 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.54116, -73.68542

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Little Ausable Park: 8.2 mi
  • Hayworth-Mason Park: 8.4 mi
  • Picketts Corner Park: 8.5 mi
  • M. J. Sullivan Park: 8.7 mi
  • Jefferson Dukette Memorial Field: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Historic sites: 31
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 6.9 mi
  • Clintonville: 7.4 mi
  • Bert Williams Farm: 12.7 mi
  • Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 13.6 mi
  • NOMAD Soldier Sailor Dedication: 14.6 mi
Museums: 22
  • Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 10.5 mi
  • North Star Underground Railroad Museum: 11.1 mi
  • Rockwell Kent Collection: 15.0 mi
  • Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 15.1 mi
  • Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Ausable Chasm: 11.1 mi
  • Airplane: 15.2 mi
  • Potholes: 16.2 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 16.2 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Alice Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Flume Falls: 14.2 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 13.9 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 21.3 mi
Gardens: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Potter Mountain Cliff: 5.8 mi
  • Tsunami Wall: 6.2 mi
  • summit fliff: 6.4 mi
  • Center of Progress Cliff: 6.6 mi
  • Great Wall: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 8
  • Amite Sculpture: 15.1 mi
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.1 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 23.3 mi
  • Grey Lock: 23.3 mi
  • Kelis the Afronaut: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 16.1 mi
  • Footbridge Park: 22.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver Lake MountainW 259°723 m7.8 mi
Tolman MountainW 278°722 m6.4 mi
Larry Ryan MountainSSW 201°659 m1.2 mi
Buckley MountainSE 131°648 m0.8 mi
Big Nineteen MountainESE 115°637 m0.5 mi
Ellis MountainWNW 290°637 m6.3 mi
Terry MountainN 6°628 m2.1 mi
North PoleSSE 160°611 m1.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1119:5920:44
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2915:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192232455866716961493826

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru 2 WSW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 967318 — The Pinnacle, Clinton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357592655

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