Tongue Mountain
Tongue Mountain rises to 964 m in New York. Panther Mountain stands 1,146 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tirrell Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Tongue Mountain is a mountain located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Indian Lake east-northeast of Blue Mountain Lake.
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Wikidata Q34813434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 964 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 4.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 5.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 21.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 15 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 17 mi
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
- River Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tirrell Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Dun Brook Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Fishing Brook Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.9 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 14.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 14.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 14.8 mi
- Millers Falls: 15.1 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 14.6 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 14.7 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 15.9 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 18.9 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 20.1 mi
- Pendleton: 7.6 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 16.7 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 17.5 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 18.5 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 5.3 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 5.5 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 5.8 mi
- Byron Park: 10.1 mi
- Flanders Park: 22.6 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.1 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 16.5 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 16.9 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 21.0 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 22.9 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 5.9 mi
- Silver Beach: 14.2 mi
- Long Beach: 15.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 15.1 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 23.3 mi
- The Crags: 16.1 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 19.1 mi
- Moxham Point: 21.8 mi
- Wallface: 21.9 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 24.8 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 5.2 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 21.8 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 22.3 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 22.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.9 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 21.9 mi
- Rafting: 9.5 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 19.0 mi
- Iron Cross: 16.4 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 19.4 mi
- Tahawus: 17.5 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Tongue Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Mountain | S 191° | 1,146 m | 12.3 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SW 226° | 1,143 m | 3.9 mi |
| Dun Brook Mountain | SE 137° | 1,086 m | 1.9 mi |
| Fishing Brook Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,082 m | 3.0 mi |
| Kempshall Mountain | N 7° | 1,021 m | 7.8 mi |
| Burgess Mountain | S 183° | 973 m | 11.0 mi |
| Moose Mountain | NE 41° | 911 m | 11.3 mi |
| Tirrell Mountain | SSW 212° | 900 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:36 | 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 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357593157
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