McIntyre Blast Furnace
McIntyre Blast Furnace is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 536 m. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the east-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Tahawas Primitive Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 8.5 miles off. 240 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
McIntyre Blast Furnace (built 1854)
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 12.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 18.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 14.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
240 named places within 25 miles
- Echo Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Adams: 1.6 mi
- Popple Hill: 1.7 mi
- Sanford Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Andrew: 2.4 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 2.7 mi
- Wallface: 4.2 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Lost Lookout: 12.1 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 3.6 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 6.7 mi
- Rocky Falls: 7.0 mi
- Indian Falls: 7.6 mi
- Millers Falls: 7.8 mi
- Mid's Park: 15.0 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 15.0 mi
- Brewster Park: 15.1 mi
- Baldwin Park: 16.7 mi
- Prescott Park: 17.2 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 7.0 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 8.3 mi
- Pendleton: 10.9 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 4.5 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 10.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 11.7 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 11.7 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 0.9 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 11.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 12.8 mi
- Henry's Woods: 13.2 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 14.5 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 14.6 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 17.5 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 17.7 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 21.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.7 mi
- Park beach: 22.4 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 24.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 18.8 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 22.3 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 23.1 mi
- Rafting: 23.2 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 23.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 24.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 24.6 mi
- Tahawus: 2.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McIntyre Blast Furnace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | ENE 70° | 1,629 m | 7.0 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | NE 38° | 1,555 m | 5.6 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | ENE 71° | 1,515 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Haystack | ENE 76° | 1,498 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Skylight | ENE 77° | 1,495 m | 6.4 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | NE 36° | 1,472 m | 4.9 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NE 36° | 1,471 m | 5.2 mi |
| Gray Peak | ENE 69° | 1,463 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:34 | 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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/307706605
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 24 mi
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