Four Peaks Tract
Four Peaks Tract is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 391 m. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the west, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bert Williams Farm, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 1.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 6.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 15.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 22.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Knob: 0.5 mi
- Ebenezer Summit: 0.6 mi
- Ebenezer Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Bassett Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Wainwright Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Great Wall: 1.0 mi
- Moss Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Weeping Winds: 10.0 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 10.4 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 10.6 mi
- The Covered Bridge: 2.4 mi
- Wilmington Bike Park: 2.7 mi
- Wilmington Heritage Park: 2.8 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 2.9 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 2.9 mi
- Flume Falls: 3.4 mi
- The Flume Fall: 3.4 mi
- Lower Stag Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 4.8 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 5.1 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 1.3 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 4.3 mi
- Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve: 9.7 mi
- OSI: 11.1 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 0.4 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 6.5 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 6.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 9.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Potholes: 5.1 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 5.1 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 5.2 mi
- Master Pothole: 5.2 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 5.2 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 11.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 11.9 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.5 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.6 mi
- Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 17.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 18.3 mi
- Goolds Garden: 23.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.2 mi
- Formal Garden: 24.5 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 11.7 mi
- Westport Beach: 20.8 mi
- Port Kent Public Beach Park: 21.4 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.2 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 6.1 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Four Peaks Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | W 272° | 1,466 m | 6.5 mi |
| Esther Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,293 m | 6.1 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | W 280° | 1,242 m | 5.8 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | SW 233° | 1,182 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | SW 225° | 1,174 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | W 265° | 1,111 m | 6.0 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,104 m | 4.9 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SE 133° | 1,102 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1427724726
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 15 mi
- Essex · 21 mi
- Westport · 21 mi
- Charlotte · 27 mi
- Shelburne · 27 mi
- Burlington · 29 mi
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