Armstrong Mountain
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Armstrong Mountain rises to 1,320 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the west-southwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Armstrong Mountain is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 22nd-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,400 feet (1,300 m). It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain is named for Thomas Armstrong, a lumberman from Plattsburgh.
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Wikidata Q4793955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,320 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 16.6 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 19.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 4 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 5 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Wolfjaw Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Gothics: 0.6 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 0.8 mi
- Lower Wolfjaw Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Gooseberry Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Lost Lookout: 1.4 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 2.1 mi
- The Courthouse: 2.9 mi
- Case Wall: 4.3 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 4.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.5 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 1.7 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 1.8 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 1.9 mi
- Artists Falls: 2.1 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 12.2 mi
- Mid's Park: 12.7 mi
- Brewster Park: 12.7 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 12.8 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 14.6 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 1.7 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 4.0 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 6.6 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 2.8 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 9.3 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 10.4 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 10.8 mi
- Henry's Woods: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 6.8 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 6.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 6.9 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 7.5 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 10.1 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 12.3 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 12.3 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 14.0 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 14.0 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 19.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 12.2 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 20.5 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.7 mi
- Westport Beach: 20.9 mi
- Park beach: 21.2 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.7 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.4 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 20.5 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.7 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 20.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
- Tahawus: 11.6 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Armstrong Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | WSW 248° | 1,629 m | 4.0 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | WSW 246° | 1,515 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Haystack | SW 232° | 1,498 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Skylight | WSW 239° | 1,495 m | 4.7 mi |
| Dix Mountain | SE 139° | 1,473 m | 4.8 mi |
| Basin Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,468 m | 2.0 mi |
| Gray Peak | WSW 249° | 1,463 m | 4.6 mi |
| Beck-horn | SE 140° | 1,455 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357545178
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 13 mi
- Westport · 21 mi
- Crown Point · 24 mi
- Essex · 27 mi
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