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Whippoorwill Mountain

Whippoorwill Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Whippoorwill Mountain rises to 522 m in New York. Silver Lake Mountain stands 723 m to the west-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fern Lake Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 4.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34820188, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
522 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.50116, -73.72431

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Covered Bridge: 8.9 mi
  • Wilmington Bike Park: 9.0 mi
  • Wilmington Heritage Park: 9.0 mi
  • Lake Everest - Town Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Town of Wilmington Beach: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 29
Historic sites: 23
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 4.5 mi
  • Clintonville: 7.6 mi
  • Bert Williams Farm: 9.5 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 16.9 mi
Museums: 22
  • Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 12.1 mi
  • North Star Underground Railroad Museum: 13.0 mi
  • Adsit Cabin: 18.1 mi
  • Rockwell Kent Collection: 18.4 mi
  • Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Potholes: 12.8 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 12.9 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 12.9 mi
  • Master Pothole: 12.9 mi
  • Porridge Potholes: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Flume Falls: 10.9 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 10.9 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Upper Stag Brook Falls: 12.3 mi
  • High Falls (Climax): 12.8 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 15.9 mi
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 23.2 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 19.4 mi
  • Footbridge Park: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Whippoorwill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver Lake MountainWNW 283°723 m5.9 mi
Tolman MountainNW 310°722 m5.7 mi
Larry Ryan MountainNE 43°659 m2.2 mi
Buckley MountainNE 48°648 m3.4 mi
Hamlin MountainSSW 192°644 m7.2 mi
Big Nineteen MountainNE 42°637 m3.5 mi
Ellis MountainNW 321°637 m6.3 mi
Terry MountainNNE 24°628 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1119:5920:44
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:2915:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192232455866716961493826

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru 2 WSW, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357597092

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