Avalanche Mountain
Avalanche Mountain rises to 1,161 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the southeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Colden, a peak 0.8 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34802342, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1161 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 9.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 13.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 20.1 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Colden: 0.8 mi
- Algonquin Peak: 1.0 mi
- Wright Peak: 1.2 mi
- Boundary Peak: 1.2 mi
- Iroquois Peak: 1.4 mi
- Wallface: 3.3 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 5.8 mi
- The Courthouse: 6.8 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Lost Lookout: 7.3 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 1.7 mi
- Indian Falls: 2.0 mi
- Indian Falls: 2.0 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 2.6 mi
- Rocky Falls: 2.9 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 10.0 mi
- Mid's Park: 10.7 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 10.7 mi
- Brewster Park: 10.8 mi
- Baldwin Park: 14.5 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 1.2 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 2.8 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 5.8 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 6.2 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 1.6 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 6.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 6.2 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 6.2 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 8.1 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 5.4 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 7.2 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 7.5 mi
- Henry's Woods: 8.8 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 14.3 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 10.3 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 10.3 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 15.4 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 15.5 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 19.5 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 16.7 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 23.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.9 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 10.2 mi
- Park beach: 23.3 mi
- Tahawus: 7.2 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 15.6 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.2 mi
- Footbridge Park: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Avalanche Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | SE 125° | 1,629 m | 2.8 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | WNW 301° | 1,555 m | 1.0 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | SE 130° | 1,515 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Haystack | ESE 121° | 1,498 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Skylight | SE 143° | 1,495 m | 3.2 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | W 272° | 1,472 m | 1.4 mi |
| Boundary Peak | WNW 282° | 1,471 m | 1.2 mi |
| Basin Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,468 m | 4.3 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 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357545690
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 19 mi
- Westport · 27 mi
- Crown Point · 29 mi
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