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Baker Mountain

Baker Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Baker Mountain rises to 744 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage, a museum 1.1 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 1.3 miles off.

About

The story

Baker Mountain is a 2,454-foot-tall (748 m) mountain in Essex County, New York east of Saranac Lake. It is part of the McKenzie Mountain Wilderness Area. The trail to the top is about 0.9-miles long; the hike is part of the "Saranac Sixer". Moody Pond lies at its foot. It is one of three small mountains surrounding Saranac Lake: the others are Mount Pisgah and Dewey Mountain. There were major forest fires on Baker in 1903 and 1908. The first recorded ascent of Baker Mountain on skis was made by Edwin R. Stonaker on March 11, 1916. In the prohibition era, the Mt. Baker Club was a speakeasy at the foot of the mountain.

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Wikidata Q34803342, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
744 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.33505, -74.10349

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 53
  • Pulpit Rock: 6.9 mi
  • Moss Cliff: 9.1 mi
  • Weeping Winds: 12.8 mi
  • Wallface: 14.0 mi
  • Henderson Cliff: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 34
Parks: 30
  • Denny Park: 1.1 mi
  • Triangle Park: 1.2 mi
  • Herb Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Prescott Park: 1.3 mi
  • World War I Park: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 2.1 mi
  • John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 8.6 mi
  • Sky Flyer Zipline: 8.8 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 8.8 mi
  • Skyride: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 16
Nature reserves: 10
  • Henry's Woods: 7.6 mi
  • Heaven Hill Trails: 8.3 mi
  • Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 10.3 mi
  • Ampersand Primitive Area: 13.3 mi
  • Bartlett Primitive Area: 14.8 mi
Museums: 7
Gardens: 4
  • Common Ground Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Peace Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Goolds Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 19.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 10.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Baker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whiteface MountainENE 78°1,466 m10.1 mi
Sawtooth #1S 185°1,181 m10.1 mi
Moose MountainENE 78°1,180 m5.1 mi
McKenzie MountainE 89°1,165 m3.5 mi
Sawtooth #2S 190°1,164 m10.0 mi
Sawtooth #4SSW 197°1,041 m9.7 mi
Ampersand MountainSW 215°1,022 m8.5 mi
Baldwin HillENE 69°984 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:09
June solstice05:1320:0020:45
September equinox06:4418:1818:56
December solstice07:3015:3316:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141524385059646255443321

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RAY Brook, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 942838 — Baker Mountain, Essex County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357546055

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