Airplane Wreckage
Airplane Wreckage is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1,165 m. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the east-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Shepherd's Tooth, a peak 0.3 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 7.9 miles off.
Airplane wreckage. 1962-08-09. Single-engine aircraft. Pilot survived and was rescued.
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 10.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 13.0 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 18.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Shepherd's Tooth: 0.3 mi
- Iroquois Peak: 0.4 mi
- Mount Marshall: 0.6 mi
- Boundary Peak: 0.7 mi
- Algonquin Peak: 1.1 mi
- Wallface: 1.8 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 4.3 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 7.7 mi
- The Courthouse: 8.4 mi
- Lost Lookout: 8.8 mi
- Mid's Park: 11.0 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 11.0 mi
- Brewster Park: 11.1 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 11.6 mi
- Baldwin Park: 14.1 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 2.1 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 2.2 mi
- Rocky Falls: 2.8 mi
- Indian Falls: 3.6 mi
- Indian Falls: 3.6 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 4.0 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 4.5 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 5.5 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 7.1 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 7.2 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 7.2 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 8.5 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 8.7 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 4.0 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 7.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 8.7 mi
- Henry's Woods: 9.1 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 15.3 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 10.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 10.6 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 14.9 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 15.1 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 21.1 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 16.3 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 23.6 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.4 mi
- Goolds Garden: 24.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 10.6 mi
- Park beach: 23.7 mi
- Tahawus: 6.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 16.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Airplane Wreckage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | ESE 108° | 1,629 m | 4.0 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | NE 39° | 1,555 m | 1.1 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | ESE 111° | 1,515 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Haystack | ESE 109° | 1,498 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Skylight | ESE 122° | 1,495 m | 4.1 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | NNE 19° | 1,472 m | 0.4 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NNE 30° | 1,471 m | 0.7 mi |
| Basin Mountain | E 97° | 1,468 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:33 | 16:21 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4244476283
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 21 mi
- Westport · 28 mi
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