Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum
Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 476 m. Sawtooth #1 stands 1,181 m to the south, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Vest Pocket Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Olympic Trail runs past it.
The story
village in New York, United States
Wikidata Q2663981, matched on coordinates and name (133 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Olympic Trail
- 5.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 8.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 24.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pisgah: 1.0 mi
- Baker Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Dewey Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little McKenzie Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Brewster Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 8.0 mi
- Moss Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Weeping Winds: 13.6 mi
- Wallface: 13.8 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Wanika Falls: 9.6 mi
- Monument Falls: 10.6 mi
- Rocky Falls: 12.5 mi
- High Falls (Main): 12.7 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 12.7 mi
- Vest Pocket Park: 0.1 mi
- Berkeley Green: 0.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.2 mi
- Dorsey Park: 0.2 mi
- World War I Park: 0.2 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 2.2 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 9.3 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 9.5 mi
- Skyride: 9.5 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 9.5 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 7.7 mi
- World War Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 8.5 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 9.3 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 9.4 mi
- Henry's Woods: 8.3 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 8.8 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 8.9 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 12.0 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 16.0 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 0.4 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 7.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 7.7 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 11.7 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 17.0 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 1.3 mi
- Peace Garden: 9.6 mi
- Goolds Garden: 9.7 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 17.9 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 7.9 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 11.8 mi
- Tahawus: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawtooth #1 | S 177° | 1,181 m | 9.5 mi |
| Moose Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,180 m | 6.5 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | E 82° | 1,165 m | 4.9 mi |
| Sawtooth #2 | S 183° | 1,164 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sawtooth #5 | S 181° | 1,055 m | 10.4 mi |
| Sawtooth #4 | S 191° | 1,041 m | 8.9 mi |
| Ampersand Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,022 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Alton | ENE 69° | 974 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RAY Brook, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/324852846
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 28 mi
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