Moss Cliff
Moss Cliff is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 877 m. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the north-northeast, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument Falls, a waterfall 1.7 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 0.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 877 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 5.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 15.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 22.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Eyrie: 1.8 mi
- Little Whiteface Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Whiteface Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Mount Whitney: 2.9 mi
- Kilburn Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 3.1 mi
- Weeping Winds: 6.9 mi
- Great Wall: 8.2 mi
- The Courthouse: 11.7 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Monument Falls: 1.7 mi
- High Falls (Main): 2.3 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 2.3 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 2.4 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 2.4 mi
- Brewster Park: 4.5 mi
- Mid's Park: 4.6 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 4.6 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 5.8 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 5.8 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 2.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 3.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 4.8 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 5.6 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 2.2 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 2.3 mi
- Master Pothole: 2.3 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 2.4 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 2.4 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 5.9 mi
- Henry's Woods: 6.1 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 7.5 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 7.5 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 4.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 4.9 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 10.1 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 10.4 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 14.3 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 11.0 mi
- Goolds Garden: 17.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 17.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 2.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 4.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 17.9 mi
- Tahawus: 20.8 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Moss Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,466 m | 2.2 mi |
| Esther Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,293 m | 3.8 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,242 m | 3.2 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | SE 142° | 1,182 m | 3.0 mi |
| Moose Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,180 m | 4.3 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,174 m | 3.9 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | W 270° | 1,165 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | NE 45° | 1,111 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357572198
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 19 mi
- Westport · 26 mi
- Essex · 28 mi
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