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West Lake Mountain

West Lake Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

West Lake Mountain rises to 665 m in New York. Three Ponds Mountain stands 890 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Rooster Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34819603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
665 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.22896, -74.54459

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Adirondack State Park: 9.3 mi
  • Willie Marsh: 11.3 mi
  • Poplar Point Day Use Area: 13.8 mi
  • Dolgeville Park: 14.5 mi
  • Dolgeville Central School Recreation Fields: 14.6 mi
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 15
Cliffs: 9
  • Choss Factory: 2.4 mi
  • Lost T: 2.5 mi
  • Lost Hunter's: 3.2 mi
  • McMartin: 3.3 mi
  • Echo Cliff: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • West Stoney Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
  • first falls: 20.3 mi
  • second falls: 21.1 mi
  • third falls: 21.2 mi
  • Auger Falls: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of West Lake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Three Ponds MountainENE 61°890 m10.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNE 54°874 m8.7 mi
Blue Ridge MountainENE 65°866 m7.8 mi
Pigeon MountainE 88°850 m6.1 mi
Moose MountainNNE 32°847 m7.4 mi
North Branch MountainNNE 31°829 m5.0 mi
Silver Lake MountainNE 55°828 m8.1 mi
Wallace MountainENE 65°828 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:11
June solstice05:1919:5920:42
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2815:4016:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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), 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 970779 — West Lake Mountain, Fulton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357596765

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