Diamond Island
Diamond Island is a picnic site in New York, at a recorded elevation of 98 m. Erebus Mountain stands 765 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Dicks Island, a park 0.1 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 2.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 98 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 2.6 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 9.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 22.6 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- The Eagle's Eye · 3 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 3 mi
- Lake George Panorama · 3 mi
- Fort George Ruins · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dicks Island: 0.1 mi
- Shepard Park: 2.9 mi
- Usher Park: 2.9 mi
- Charles R. Wood Park: 3.3 mi
- Calvin Engle Park: 5.2 mi
- Joshua Rock: 1.5 mi
- Burnt Hill: 1.7 mi
- French Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Cobble: 3.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.1 mi
- Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Protected Land (No Access): 3.1 mi
- Sullivan Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Trout Lake: 6.5 mi
- The Pinnacle: 6.8 mi
- Father Jogues Monument: 3.3 mi
- Fort George Ruins: 3.4 mi
- pump house: 4.1 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Colonel Williams Monument: 5.8 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 3.0 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 3.1 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 3.2 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 4.7 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 7.5 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 2.9 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 3.0 mi
- Fort William Henry: 3.2 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 6.7 mi
- Chapman Historical Museum: 10.3 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 1.8 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 4.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 4.7 mi
- New Buck: 4.8 mi
- Ark Wall: 8.1 mi
- Usher Park: 2.9 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 7.2 mi
- Log Bay Island: 7.3 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 7.4 mi
- Commission Point Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.1 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 7.5 mi
- Bear Slide: 10.6 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 12.8 mi
- Palmer Falls: 16.2 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 5.8 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 6.3 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 11.6 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 11.7 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 11.8 mi
- Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Arboretum: 7.3 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Diamond Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erebus Mountain | NE 38° | 765 m | 10.2 mi |
| Black Spruce Mountain | WSW 241° | 716 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | NE 43° | 715 m | 9.3 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 44° | 711 m | 5.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ENE 60° | 658 m | 4.1 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | N 351° | 619 m | 9.7 mi |
| Phoebe Mountain | WSW 257° | 618 m | 5.3 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | SW 236° | 615 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:35 | 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 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/38103877
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 12 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 27 mi
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