Vail Hill
Vail Hill rises to 221 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Dolph Pond State Forest, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34816731, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 221 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 11.5 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 13.5 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Kane's Falls · 4 mi
- Fort George Ruins · 13 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 14 mi
- Lake George Panorama · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Pinnacle: 1.5 mi
- Orebed Hill: 1.7 mi
- Vanderburg Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Battle Hill: 3.3 mi
- The Saddles: 3.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 6.1 mi
- Ward Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
- Log Bay Island: 9.9 mi
- Sarah Island: 9.9 mi
- Hazel Island: 10.0 mi
- Dolph Pond State Forest: 1.3 mi
- The Saddles State Forest: 4.5 mi
- East Bay Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Protected Land (No Access): 8.8 mi
- Old Champlain Canal Lock 19: 1.9 mi
- The Stand Against Burgoyne: 4.1 mi
- Fort Anne: 4.1 mi
- Fort Anne: 4.2 mi
- Fort Anne: 4.3 mi
- New Buck: 7.7 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 9.1 mi
- Ark Wall: 9.4 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 12.2 mi
- Skenesborough Museum: 6.1 mi
- Hartford Museum: 8.0 mi
- Pember Library and Museum: 10.4 mi
- Slate Valley Museum: 10.5 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 11.8 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 13.5 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 13.6 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 13.7 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 13.8 mi
- Frankie's Mine Train: 14.7 mi
- Fishbrook Pond Picnic Site: 8.3 mi
- Commission Point Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Log Bay Island: 9.9 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 10.1 mi
- Little As You Were Island: 10.6 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 7.6 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 16.0 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 16.0 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 16.1 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 17.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.7 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 9.5 mi
- Uncas Falls: 15.0 mi
- Bear Slide: 21.8 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 22.4 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 11.2 mi
- Mandala II: 16.4 mi
- For Euler: 21.5 mi
- Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Arboretum: 13.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 21.2 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 11.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Vail Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NNW 336° | 805 m | 10.1 mi |
| Erebus Mountain | NW 324° | 765 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | NW 320° | 715 m | 7.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WNW 294° | 711 m | 8.0 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | NNW 331° | 688 m | 13.2 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | NNW 332° | 680 m | 13.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 278° | 658 m | 7.9 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | N 354° | 604 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357594229
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- Lake George · 11 mi
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