Skip to content
Byway
Peak · New York

West Mountain

West Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

West Mountain rises to 891 m in New York. Wakely Mountain stands 1,143 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Crags, a cliff 3.0 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 4.1 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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34819678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
891 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.86006, -74.70600

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 6
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.7 mi
  • High Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 22.0 mi
  • Beaver Brook Waterfall: 22.0 mi
  • Dug Mountain Brook Waterfall: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Silver Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 22.0 mi
  • Long Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 22.6 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 22.8 mi
  • Remsen Falls Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 24.0 mi
Parks: 5
  • Fourth Lake Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 15.9 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 16.1 mi
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Byron Park: 23.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 3
  • Iron Cross: 7.7 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 16.5 mi
  • Rt 30 Alien: 22.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Gate House Ruins: 6.9 mi
  • Sugar Shack Ruins: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 21.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rafting: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of West Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wakely MountainSE 132°1,143 m12.8 mi
Blue MountainE 87°1,143 m15.2 mi
Little Moose MountainSSE 153°1,100 m14.8 mi
Cellar MountainSE 141°1,038 m13.1 mi
Metcalf MountainSE 125°1,007 m12.9 mi
Payne MountainSE 132°970 m14.1 mi
Bradley MountainSE 138°957 m11.3 mi
Seventh Lake MountainS 190°883 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3319:11
June solstice05:1720:0120:45
September equinox06:4718:2018:58
December solstice07:3115:3716:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415563676559463523
Precip in4.02.93.13.64.74.64.74.54.45.53.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Moose 3 SE, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357596804

More peaks in New York

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore peaks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to West Mountain.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens