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Andy Arthur

It's the second half of November as the label job I ran today reminds me. 🏷️ The landscape is cold and barren, it's dark out for a good portion of day, and riding home in the dark isn't much fun. But you make the best of it, and I figure the extra sleep and time to learn isn't a bad thing. πŸ›Œ Next adventure after Thanksgiving! πŸ¦ƒ Hopefully the fire risk is down by then as I want to have a big bonfire in wilderness πŸ”₯ after a good day riding trail or hiking. 🚢

Another cool November morning β˜€οΈ

The sun is shining and the breeze not consist though when it picks up it definitely feels a bit chilly. At least not as blustery as yesterday.

I am up and going after eggs, πŸ₯š and coffee β˜• and some fried apples. 🍏 I walked down to the lake this morning and there is still enough of a breeze to make it feel chilly. Indeed yesterday, I ended up retiring to bed around 8:30 due to rain β˜” showers from the Lake Effect having shifted south.

Rode about 30 miles yesterday 🚴 … Chittenango to Dewitt and the Canalway and some side trails. It was a nice day but cold at times with the wind. 🌬️ The trail became a lot busier as I got into Dewitt and closer to Syracuse, though the portions east of Green Lakes I had virtually to myself. A lot cloudier for most of the day then I had expected.

I am thinking of heading out to Otsico Lake 🏞️ to check out the Causeway and maybe the Ripley Hill Preserve. I was originally thinking of doing some riding around Cazenovia today but I’m thinking maybe not this trip. Tomorrow I could depending on how nice the weather is but I might instead poke around Hamilton before overnighting in the rain at the Brookfield Horse 🐴 camp and then driving 🚘 home relatively early, although a lot depends on how cold and wet Veterans Day ultimately becomes.

North Adams, Mass 1995 vs. 2020

LEFT - Circa 2020
RIGHT - Circa 1995

In the past quarter century, there hasn't been that many changes to North Adams, Massachusetts although some of the mill buildings have been demolished and a large solar farm has been installed on a logged wooded area outside of the city.

Highest Named Points in Each County

Highest Named Points in Each County

 

Name Class County Elevation Latitude Longitude
Henry Hill Summit Albany 2146 42.5495213 -74.1979138
Alma Hill Summit Allegany 2543 42.0495116 -78.0122264
Chapel Farm Locale Bronx 272 40.8983333 -73.9036111
Page Pond Hill Summit Broome 2008 42.1475817 -75.495458
Hartzfelt Mountain Summit Cattaraugus 2405 42.0228424 -78.4569648
School Number 9 (historical) School Cayuga 1818 42.7691667 -76.3325
Arab Hill Summit Chautauqua 2100 42.3045033 -79.1792095
Martin Hill Summit Chemung 1900 42.2325748 -76.9302396
Pigeon Hill Summit Chenango 1988 42.6389583 -75.658242
Lyon Mountain Summit Clinton 3829 44.7036537 -73.8645877
Pinnacle Point Summit Columbia 1952 42.3103647 -73.4434453
Virgil Mountain Summit Cortland 2110 42.4931274 -76.1396506
Roundtop Summit Delaware 3451 42.2939737 -74.4904283
South Beacon Mountain Summit Dutchess 1594 41.4814826 -73.9443047
Shepards Corners Locale Erie 1811 42.5511731 -78.5516891
Mount Marcy Summit Essex 5344 44.112733 -73.9237833
Seward Mountain Summit Franklin 4327 44.1597799 -74.1993239
Pigeon Mountain Summit Fulton 2789 43.2320149 -74.4226401
Burks Hill Summit Genesee 1411 42.8767275 -78.0877895
Hunter Mountain Summit Greene 4045 42.1778662 -74.2304216
Snowy Mountain Summit Hamilton 3825 43.7003432 -74.3859856
Ice Cave Mountain Summit Herkimer 2680 43.5936785999999 -74.8671091
Pigeon Creek Stream Jefferson 1581 43.7631246 -75.8107487
Mount Prospect Park Park Kings 190 40.6716667 -73.9666667
Gomer Hill Summit Lewis 2106 43.6509027 -75.4857364
Fort Farm Cemetery Cemetery Livingston 2067 42.6389037 -77.5035907
Muller Hill Summit Madison 2024 42.7772893 -75.7838011
Baker Hill Summit Ontario 925 43.0347854 -77.4233251
School Number 4 (historical) School Montgomery 1375 42.7972968 -74.3420767
Harbor Hill Summit Nassau 361 40.797573 -73.639286
Fort Washington (historical) Military New York 262 40.8527778 -73.9383333
School Number 9 (historical) School Niagara 659 43.1394444 -78.5397222
Tassel Hill Summit Oneida 1936 42.9409034 -75.3165557
Fellows Hill Summit Onondaga 2001 42.8111782 -76.0213115
Frost Hill Summit Ontario 2283 42.711177 -77.4430439
Schunnemunk Mountain Summit Orange 1670 41.3917605 -74.1162557
Pine Hill Summit Orleans 712 43.1825588 -78.2689106
Alder Bed Pond Lake Oswego 1614 43.6597698 -75.7826118
Hooker Mountain Summit Otsego 2310 42.5981318 -74.8595986
Scofield Ridge Ridge Putnam 1529 41.4803715 -73.9376379
Glen Oaks Golf Club Locale Queens 259 40.7576018 -73.7184646
Berlin Mountain Summit Rensselaer 2799 42.6920915 -73.2858233
Todt Hill Summit Richmond 404 40.6023183 -74.1120851
Breakneck Mountain Summit Rockland 1263 41.1998167 -74.0981991
Mount Matumbla Summit St. Lawrence 2684 44.2825608 -74.5654516
Tenant Mountain Summit Saratoga 2759 43.3684025 -74.1081866
Jones Cemetery Cemetery Schenectady 1358 42.7815503 -74.2125151
Richmond Mountain Summit Greene 3218 42.367582 -74.270976
Sugar Hill Fire Tower Tower Schuyler 2093 42.3870172 -77.0024656
Butcher Hill Summit Seneca 1585 42.5609709 -76.7872096
Call Hill Summit Steuben 2398 42.2117372000001 -77.6602685
High Hill Summit Suffolk 387 40.8150988 -73.4251213
Denman Mountain Summit Sullivan 3048 41.90287 -74.5396005
Prospect Hill Summit Tioga 1699 42.1136853 -76.457996
Connecticut Hill Summit Tompkins 2093 42.3864536 -76.6691128
Slide Mountain Fire Tower (historical) Tower Ulster 4176 41.9988889 -74.3858333
Puffer Mountain Summit Hamilton 3438 43.6617318 -74.1993082
Black Mountain Summit Washington 2641 43.6064548000001 -73.5309496
Brantling Hill Summit Wayne 676 43.1475643 -77.0688618
East Long Pond Mountain Summit Westchester 971 41.3038889 -73.5544444
Wyoming County Fire Training Center Building Wyoming 2034 42.6853967 -78.2407308
West Italy Hill Summit Yates 2051 42.6134015000001 -77.3122034