Thunderbolt Mountain
Thunderbolt Mountain rises to 569 m in New York. Pharaoh Mountain stands 772 m to the west, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzle Ocean Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34812899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 569 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 17.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 18.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 20.0 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 19 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 21 mi
- Scenic View · 21 mi
- Summit View · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grizzle Ocean Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.9 mi
- Treadway Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Big Clear Pond Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Ellis Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Campground Wall: 6.4 mi
- Cove Overlook: 6.5 mi
- Rogers Slide: 6.5 mi
- Rogers Rock Campground Entrance: 5.8 mi
- Hague Town Beach Park: 6.9 mi
- Peggy's Point: 6.9 mi
- Bandstand Park: 8.2 mi
- Bi-Centenial Park: 9.4 mi
- Bald Ledge Primitive Area: 3.8 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 5.7 mi
- Lake George Land Conservancy: 6.8 mi
- Cook mountain: 8.0 mi
- Lake George Forest Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Bandstand: 8.2 mi
- Liberty Monument: 8.6 mi
- Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Historic Redoubt: 16.9 mi
- Gage's Redoubt: 16.9 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 9.3 mi
- Schroon Falls: 9.6 mi
- Uncas Falls: 9.7 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 17.8 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 19.3 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 11.5 mi
- Picnic Island: 13.3 mi
- West Dollar Is Day Use Area: 14.6 mi
- West Dollar Island: 14.7 mi
- Little As You Were Island: 15.8 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 8.4 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 9.3 mi
- Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum: 10.7 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 11.6 mi
- Benson Museum: 16.1 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 6.9 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 8.1 mi
- Park beach: 8.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 17.1 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 18.0 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 9.1 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 13.3 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 19.1 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 20.8 mi
- Nature preserve: 21.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 10.9 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 10.9 mi
- Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 24.5 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Thunderbolt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharaoh Mountain | W 280° | 772 m | 3.0 mi |
| Pharoah Mountain | W 280° | 772 m | 3.0 mi |
| Treadway Mountain | NNW 329° | 684 m | 1.9 mi |
| Barton Mountain | SSE 166° | 670 m | 3.0 mi |
| Stevens Mountain | SSW 213° | 659 m | 3.4 mi |
| Big Clear Pond Mountain | N 354° | 657 m | 2.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | SE 137° | 637 m | 1.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SSE 164° | 630 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 33 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357592870
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 13 mi
- Lake George · 14 mi
- Elizabethtown · 26 mi
- Middlebury · 26 mi
- Westport · 27 mi
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