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West Hill

West Hill, seen from above at true elevation

West Hill rises to 428 m in New York. Hamilton Mountain stands 980 m to the northwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker's Corner Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 0.9 miles off.

About

The story

West Mountain is a 2,923-foot-tall (891 m) mountain located in Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is located in the northwest of the hamlet of Raquette Lake in Hamilton County. In 1920, the Conservation Commission built a 47-foot-tall (14 m) fire lookout tower on the mountain. Due to aerial detection, the tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1970 season. The tower was later removed, and portions of the tower along with the tower from Kempshall Mountain were used to build the tower that is at the Essex County Historical Museum in Elizabethtown.

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Wikidata Q34819530, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
428 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.37924, -74.30903

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 38
  • Parker's Corner Park: 1.2 mi
  • shuffle board: 8.1 mi
  • Poplar Point Day Use Area: 12.1 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 12.7 mi
  • Edinburg Town Park: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Auger Falls: 6.9 mi
  • first falls: 7.0 mi
  • second falls: 7.9 mi
  • third falls: 7.9 mi
  • Austin Falls: 8.5 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Museums: 8
Cliffs: 8
  • Lost Hunter's: 12.9 mi
  • Echo Cliff: 13.1 mi
  • McMartin: 13.2 mi
  • Lost T: 13.5 mi
  • Choss Factory: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Mini Route 66: 8.5 mi
  • Chimney Mountain: 21.7 mi
  • Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course: 23.9 mi
  • Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 4
Beaches: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 20.8 mi
  • paint mine: 21.3 mi
  • Fenton Farm: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 15.6 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of West Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hamilton MountainNW980 m3.7 mi
Swart MountainWNW933 m3.8 mi
Dugway MountainW904 m3.7 mi
Three Ponds MountainSSW890 m6.3 mi
Speculator MountainNNW882 m5.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW874 m7.1 mi
Wallace MountainS828 m5.4 mi
Mount OrreyNNW797 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:10
June solstice05:1819:5820:42
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:3816:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395362666457443323
Precip in3.93.53.74.44.54.94.84.14.34.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357595711

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