Alford Mountain
Alford Mountain rises to 800 m in New York. Algonquin Peak stands 1,555 m to the southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is 777, a peak 0.6 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34802111, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 800 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 7.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.0 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 17.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- 777: 0.6 mi
- 772: 1.0 mi
- 812: 1.4 mi
- 791: 1.5 mi
- 789: 2.1 mi
- Wallface: 7.5 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 9.2 mi
- Weeping Winds: 11.7 mi
- Moss Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Wanika Falls: 3.8 mi
- Rocky Falls: 7.1 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 8.4 mi
- Millers Falls: 9.7 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 10.9 mi
- Baldwin Park: 5.9 mi
- Prescott Park: 6.4 mi
- Riverfront Park: 6.5 mi
- World War I Park: 6.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 6.6 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 5.3 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 7.3 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 7.7 mi
- Skyride: 7.8 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 7.8 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 3.6 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 7.1 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 7.4 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 7.6 mi
- World War Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 6.1 mi
- Henry's Woods: 6.8 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 7.5 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 9.0 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 10.0 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 6.7 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 6.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 7.5 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 7.6 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 15.9 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 8.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 15.6 mi
- Goolds Garden: 15.9 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 17.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 7.7 mi
- Tahawus: 12.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Alford Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Peak | SE 133° | 1,555 m | 8.8 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | SE 138° | 1,472 m | 8.8 mi |
| Boundary Peak | SE 136° | 1,471 m | 8.7 mi |
| Wright Peak | SE 128° | 1,389 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Marshall | SE 143° | 1,333 m | 8.8 mi |
| Seward Mountain | SW 220° | 1,319 m | 6.3 mi |
| Nye Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,271 m | 5.5 mi |
| Street Mountain | SE 128° | 1,265 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357544497
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 26 mi
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