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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.

About

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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1159 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.69282, -73.88098

Overlooks nearby

Around it

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: 30
Waterfalls: 13
  • High Falls: 14.4 mi
  • High Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Flume Falls: 22.6 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 22.6 mi
  • Upper Stag Brook Falls: 23.2 mi
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
Historic sites: 12
  • 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
  • MacDonough Monument: 21.1 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
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Averill Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainNE 47°1,167 m1.1 mi
Brushy KnobESE 107°885 m1.2 mi
Haystack MountainWSW 237°881 m6.9 mi
Norton PeakSW 229°876 m5.2 mi
Ragged Lake MountainW 277°832 m8.0 mi
Mount TomWSW 257°831 m12.6 mi
W MountainW 267°825 m8.7 mi
Duncan MountainS 190°825 m11.9 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357545725

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