West Mountain
West Mountain rises to 744 m in New York. Rice Mountain stands 768 m to the east, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Top Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Adirondack Trail passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Franklin County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 970812)
Wikidata Q34819655, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 744 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 17.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 25.4 mi off the Military Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Flat Top Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Lost Mountain: 0.7 mi
- County Line Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Brushy Top Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Sharp Top Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Hopkinton Town Green: 13.6 mi
- Seven Springs: 15.7 mi
- The Great Lawn: 16.0 mi
- Brighton Memorial Park: 19.3 mi
- Stone Valley Cooperative Recreational Area: 20.5 mi
- Catherineville State Forest: 11.3 mi
- Deer River Primitive Area: 14.5 mi
- Snow Bowl State Forest: 14.7 mi
- Franklin Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 14.7 mi
- Fort Jackson State Forest: 17.1 mi
- High Falls: 5.5 mi
- Augerhole Falls: 7.3 mi
- Saint Regis Falls: 10.1 mi
- Jamestown Falls: 16.2 mi
- Allen Falls: 17.2 mi
- Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area: 13.6 mi
- The Narrows: 19.3 mi
- The Tub: 19.6 mi
- Lucy's Hole: 19.6 mi
- Cathedral Grove: 19.7 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 21.4 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 21.9 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 22.0 mi
- Potsdam Museum: 23.4 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 24.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 16.0 mi
- Goolds Garden: 16.2 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 23.8 mi
- Stacy Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Hawk Ledge: 15.0 mi
- Tannery Ruins: 19.3 mi
- Clarkson 9/11 Memorial: 24.0 mi
- Postwood Park: 21.1 mi
- Minerva Statue: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of West Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Mountain | E 96° | 768 m | 10.0 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | E 90° | 744 m | 0.0 mi |
| Bay Pond Hill | SE 131° | 733 m | 11.4 mi |
| Jennings Mountain | E 83° | 724 m | 8.2 mi |
| Brushy Top Mountain | E 84° | 708 m | 1.5 mi |
| Azure Mountain | ENE 68° | 708 m | 2.6 mi |
| Twin Mountains | ENE 75° | 704 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | E 85° | 698 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:03 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:33 | 16:22 |
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 | 17 | 20 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrenceville 3 SW, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357596807
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