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 Van Dorrien Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 213 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
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
213 named places within 25 miles
- Wallface: 7.5 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 9.2 mi
- Weeping Winds: 11.7 mi
- Moss Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Van Dorrien Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Scarface Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Three Peaks: 3.3 mi
- Ampersand Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Seymour Mountain: 5.0 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 25 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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