Willis Mountain
Willis Mountain rises to 749 m in New York. Pillsbury Mountain stands 1,094 m to the north, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Potash Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34821200, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 749 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 4.8 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 19.4 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 28.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 7 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 15 mi
- view east · 21 mi
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Potash Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Vly Lake Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 3.0 mi
- Fish Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Davis Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Waterfall: 7.9 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 8.0 mi
- Christine Falls: 9.6 mi
- Austin Falls: 11.1 mi
- Auger Falls: 13.1 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Echo Cliff: 7.5 mi
- McMartin: 16.6 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 16.8 mi
- Lost T: 17.6 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 10.4 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 11.2 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 13.0 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 15.4 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 19.6 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 6.3 mi
- shuffle board: 7.5 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 13.6 mi
- Byron Park: 22.2 mi
- Fourth Lake Day Use Area: 24.9 mi
- Mini Route 66: 7.2 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 18.1 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 22.1 mi
- Big Rock: 23.8 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 15.7 mi
- Long Beach: 15.7 mi
- Silver Beach: 21.9 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 23.7 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 24.8 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 7.9 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 10.8 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 9.8 mi
- Iron Cross: 18.7 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 18.7 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 19.1 mi
- Rafting: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Willis Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pillsbury Mountain | N 353° | 1,094 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,001 m | 9.2 mi |
| Dug Mountain | ENE 58° | 980 m | 9.1 mi |
| Spruce Lake Mountain | W 269° | 964 m | 7.7 mi |
| T Lake Mountain | SW 220° | 932 m | 6.0 mi |
| Twin Lakes Mountain | SW 220° | 905 m | 6.9 mi |
| Grass Mountain | WSW 252° | 904 m | 8.1 mi |
| Speculator Mountain | ESE 115° | 882 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:38 | 16:25 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 971327 — Willis Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357597424
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