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West Mountain

West Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

West Mountain rises to 759 m in New York. Baldhead Mountain stands 871 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hadley Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Dude Ranch Trail passes 3.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Warren County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34819715, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
759 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.38285, -73.96679

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sam Spread Town Park: 7.1 mi
  • Hadley-Sam Smead Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
  • Dean Mountain Whitewhater Park: 7.5 mi
  • Mill Park: 7.7 mi
  • Wayside Beach Park: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 58
Historic sites: 35
  • Frank Watkins: 5.3 mi
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 11.2 mi
  • pump house: 12.3 mi
  • paint mine: 12.4 mi
  • Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 9.9 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 13.0 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 13.0 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 13.2 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 13.4 mi
Museums: 22
Waterfalls: 16
  • Bear Slide: 4.9 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Eggleston Falls: 8.0 mi
  • third falls: 9.9 mi
  • second falls: 9.9 mi
Springs: 14
  • Old Red Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Congress Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 7
  • Beaverview Wall: 11.2 mi
  • Wayout Wall: 12.2 mi
  • Small Rocky overlook: 14.5 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 19.1 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 4
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of West Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldhead MountainN 360°871 m6.7 mi
Moose MountainN 5°852 m7.4 mi
Tenant MountainW 262°841 m7.2 mi
Hadley MountainSW 224°807 m0.2 mi
Spruce MountainWNW 286°806 m1.5 mi
Thompson MountainNW 315°802 m3.7 mi
Gene Edwards MountainW 261°793 m8.2 mi
Slip MountainW 259°787 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1619:5720:41
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2615:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331445664696760493828
Precip in3.52.93.63.93.94.74.23.83.24.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357596813

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