West Mountain
West Mountain rises to 478 m in New York. Hadley Mountain stands 807 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Redmond Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Dude Ranch Trail passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Saratoga County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34819703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 478 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 10.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 14.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 15.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Cobble lookout · 12 mi
- The Narrows · 13 mi
- Fort George Ruins · 13 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Redmond Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Anthony: 1.7 mi
- Dean Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Jeffers Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Dean Mountain Whitewhater Park: 3.0 mi
- Hadley-Sam Smead Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
- Sam Spread Town Park: 3.6 mi
- Mill Park: 3.8 mi
- Benjamin C. Butler Pavilion Park: 3.8 mi
- Peace and Victory Monument: 11.3 mi
- Colonel Williams Monument: 11.4 mi
- Civil War Monument: 11.9 mi
- pump house: 12.2 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Corinth Resevoir Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Saratoga Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.9 mi
- Curtis Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Ralph Road State Forest: 5.1 mi
- Grant Cottage State Historic Site: 8.3 mi
- Chapman Historical Museum: 11.7 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 12.0 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 12.1 mi
- World Awareness Children's Museum: 12.2 mi
- Thunder Alley: 10.7 mi
- Greezed Lightnin': 10.7 mi
- Sheldon's Speedway: 10.8 mi
- Spruce's Wilderness Bus Tour: 10.8 mi
- Hootie's Treehouse: 10.8 mi
- Palmer Falls: 3.3 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 3.5 mi
- Eggleston Falls: 3.8 mi
- Bear Slide: 9.0 mi
- Snook Kill Falls: 9.9 mi
- Old Red Spring: 13.7 mi
- Hathorn Spring: 14.2 mi
- Columbian Spring: 14.3 mi
- Congress Spring: 14.3 mi
- Deer Park Spring: 14.3 mi
- Wayside Beach: 3.9 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 4.0 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 11.4 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 11.5 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 11.7 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 14.6 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 19.4 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 20.4 mi
- Wayout Wall: 20.4 mi
- New Buck: 20.9 mi
- Nature Center Pavillion: 8.6 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
- Usher Park: 13.5 mi
- Diamond Island: 16.3 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 23.4 mi
- Arboretum: 12.4 mi
- Alumni Memorial Garden: 13.2 mi
- Mr.Haas's Garden: 14.4 mi
- Malta Community Garden: 21.0 mi
- Standard Time: 13.9 mi
- Devils Armchair: 14.3 mi
- Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 14.3 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 15.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of West Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Mountain | NNW 328° | 807 m | 8.8 mi |
| West Mountain | NNW 329° | 759 m | 8.8 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NNW 334° | 735 m | 9.1 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SSW 200° | 612 m | 4.2 mi |
| Fitch Hill | SW 232° | 605 m | 2.8 mi |
| Hedgehog Mountain | SSW 193° | 601 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NNW 346° | 599 m | 9.1 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | NNE 11° | 591 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:37 | 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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357544028
Day trips start here
- Saratoga Springs · 15 mi
- Ballston Spa · 18 mi
- Capital District · 24 mi
- Clifton Park · 28 mi
- Lake George · 28 mi
- Cambridge · 29 mi
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