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Averill Peak

Averill Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Averill Peak rises to 1,159 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the northeast, 1.1 miles off. Military Trail passes 14 miles off.

The story

Averill Peak is a mountain summit located in the town of Saranac, in Clinton County, New York. It is part of the Adirondack Mountains and adjacent to Lyon Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34802359, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,159 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.69282, -73.88098

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 44
  • Picketts Corner Park: 7.6 mi
  • Cadyville Recreation Park: 13.1 mi
  • Miner Lake State Park: 15.8 mi
  • LaPierre Lane Riverway Park: 15.9 mi
  • East Morrisonville Park: 16.2 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Museums: 13
  • Six Nations Indian Museum: 17.6 mi
  • Rockwell Kent Collection: 20.3 mi
  • Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 20.4 mi
  • Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 20.4 mi
  • Kent-Delord House Museum: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • High Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Flume Falls: 22.6 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 22.6 mi
  • Upper Stag Brook Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 23.3 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 19.8 mi
  • Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 20.8 mi
  • Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 21.0 mi
  • MacDonough Monument: 21.1 mi
  • First Building: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Airplane: 21.3 mi
  • Ausable Chasm: 23.7 mi
  • Potholes: 23.7 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 23.8 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • summit fliff: 12.7 mi
  • Potter Mountain Cliff: 12.8 mi
  • Tsunami Wall: 12.8 mi
  • Center of Progress Cliff: 12.9 mi
  • Great Wall: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 21.6 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Goolds Garden: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Averill Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainNE1,167 m1.1 mi
Brushy KnobESE885 m1.2 mi
Haystack MountainWSW881 m6.9 mi
Norton PeakSW876 m5.2 mi
Ragged Lake MountainW832 m8.0 mi
Mount TomWSW831 m12.6 mi
W MountainW825 m8.7 mi
Duncan MountainS825 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2919:08
June solstice05:1120:0020:45
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:3015:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130435665696760483625
Precip in2.92.32.83.84.04.94.24.13.84.72.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357545725

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