Three Ponds Mountain
Three Ponds Mountain rises to 890 m in New York. Hamilton Mountain stands 980 m to the north, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Three Ponds Mountain is a summit located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Benson northwest of the hamlet of Upper Benson.
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Wikidata Q34812816, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 890 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 10.7 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 23.8 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 24.5 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 5 mi
- River Overlook · 14 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Four Staves: 2.0 mi
- Silver Lake Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Wallace Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 7.5 mi
- Waterfront Park: 11.3 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 12.3 mi
- shuffle board: 13.3 mi
- Willie Marsh: 15.4 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- first falls: 10.4 mi
- second falls: 11.2 mi
- third falls: 11.3 mi
- Auger Falls: 13.2 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 4.6 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 13.5 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 19.8 mi
- LeVine Nature Preserve: 21.1 mi
- Hennig Preserve: 21.4 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 13.8 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 14.6 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 14.6 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 16.3 mi
- Karpeles Museum: 17.0 mi
- Fenton Farm: 19.8 mi
- Fulton County Jail (historic): 20.5 mi
- World Trade Center Memorial: 22.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 22.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 24.8 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 7.7 mi
- Lost T: 8.1 mi
- McMartin: 8.1 mi
- Choss Factory: 9.9 mi
- Echo Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 11.3 mi
- Elisha Yale: 16.2 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 16.6 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 23.1 mi
- Mini Route 66: 13.6 mi
- Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course: 22.0 mi
- Caughnawaga Indian Village Site: 23.9 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 17.5 mi
- Perrella Sculpture Garden: 22.3 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 23.3 mi
- I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Three Ponds Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Mountain | N 1° | 980 m | 7.7 mi |
| Swart Mountain | N 356° | 933 m | 6.7 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | N 354° | 904 m | 5.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 278° | 874 m | 1.7 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | SW 224° | 866 m | 2.3 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | SSW 209° | 850 m | 5.4 mi |
| Moose Mountain | WNW 286° | 847 m | 5.0 mi |
| North Branch Mountain | W 264° | 829 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 967460 — Three Ponds Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592846
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