Thompson Mountain
Thompson Mountain rises to 802 m in New York. Mount Blue stands 885 m to the north, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheeler Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Dude Ranch Trail passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34812743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 802 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 13.0 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 11.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 19.1 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Summit View · 14 mi
- Flag View · 14 mi
- The Narrows · 14 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sam Spread Town Park: 10.9 mi
- Hadley-Sam Smead Memorial Park: 11.0 mi
- Dean Mountain Whitewhater Park: 11.2 mi
- Mill Park: 11.4 mi
- Wayside Beach Park: 11.4 mi
- Wheeler Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Snow mountain: 2.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Roundtop Mountain: 3.7 mi
- West Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Unclassified: 9.4 mi
- Harris Land Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 11.9 mi
- Corinth Resevoir Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Ralph Road State Forest: 15.2 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 10.7 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 15.3 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 15.4 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 15.6 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 16.1 mi
- Bear Slide: 7.5 mi
- third falls: 8.5 mi
- second falls: 8.6 mi
- first falls: 9.2 mi
- Eggleston Falls: 11.1 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 9.0 mi
- paint mine: 10.2 mi
- pump house: 14.8 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Father Jogues Monument: 15.6 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 14.5 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 14.6 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 15.4 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 15.5 mi
- Fort William Henry: 15.5 mi
- Wayside Beach: 11.4 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 11.8 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 12.5 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 18.8 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 20.5 mi
- Usher Park: 16.1 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi
- Diamond Island: 17.4 mi
- Nature Center Pavillion: 20.1 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 22.2 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 8.9 mi
- Wayout Wall: 9.7 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 16.7 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 20.6 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 21.2 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 15.5 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 23.8 mi
- Arboretum: 18.8 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Thompson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Blue | N 349° | 885 m | 7.2 mi |
| Baldhead Mountain | NNE 33° | 871 m | 4.9 mi |
| Moose Mountain | NE 35° | 852 m | 5.8 mi |
| Tenant Mountain | SW 231° | 841 m | 5.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | SW 226° | 814 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hadley Mountain | SE 137° | 807 m | 3.7 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SSE 151° | 806 m | 2.5 mi |
| Ross Mountain | N 357° | 800 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:37 | 16:23 |
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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 967414 — Thompson Mountain, Warren County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592797
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 26 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 27 mi
- Ballston Spa · 30 mi
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