Basin Mountain
Basin Mountain rises to 1,468 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the west-southwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddleback Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
Basin Mountain is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the ninth-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,827 feet (1,471 m), and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The peak was named either for the basins formed between knobs on its slopes or the large basin to its southeast formed by it and the surrounding mountains. The name Basin was most likely coined by Orson Schofield Phelps and Frederick W. Perkins in 1857 during an ascent of Mount Marcy. The earliest appearance of the name in writing was made by surveyor Verplanck Colvin in 1873. Basin Mountain can be climbed from many trailheads in the High Peaks Wilderness Area. Steep ledges on the west side of the mountain make backpacking over the mountain difficult. The State Range Trail, which begins at Johns Brook Lodge, crosses over Basin and other peaks of the Great Range. From the lodge, the route to the summit of Basin is 4.5 miles (7.2 km), for 2,870 feet (870 m) of total ascent, crossing over Saddleback Mountain on the way. From the south, the State Range Trail intersects with the Shorey Short Cut, the Haystack Brook Trail, and the Phelps Trail. The mountain can also be crossed as part of a hike of the entire Great Range. The summit of the mountain is an alpine zone, and offers views of Gothics to the east, Shanty Brook Valley to the southeast, Upper Ausable Lake to the South, Mount Haystack to the southwest, and Mount Marcy to the west.
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Wikidata Q4867492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1468 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 24.1 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 7 mi
- Cascade Mountain · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddleback Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Little Haystack: 1.0 mi
- Little Marcy: 1.2 mi
- Gooseberry Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mount Haystack: 1.3 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 3.2 mi
- Lost Lookout: 3.2 mi
- The Courthouse: 4.4 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Case Wall: 6.3 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 6.2 mi
- Mid's Park: 12.6 mi
- Brewster Park: 12.7 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 12.7 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 13.7 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 1.7 mi
- Indian Falls: 2.5 mi
- Indian Falls: 2.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 2.8 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 3.5 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 1.9 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 3.1 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 5.1 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 4.5 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 8.8 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 10.0 mi
- Henry's Woods: 11.0 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 11.0 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 5.7 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 7.0 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 7.0 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 7.0 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 10.0 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 12.3 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 12.3 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 16.0 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 16.1 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 18.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 12.2 mi
- Park beach: 20.8 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 22.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 22.2 mi
- Westport Beach: 22.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 15.8 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 21.9 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 22.1 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 22.1 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 19.9 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- Tahawus: 9.5 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 11.7 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Basin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | WSW 253° | 1,629 m | 1.9 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | WNW 287° | 1,555 m | 5.2 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | WSW 250° | 1,515 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Haystack | SSW 213° | 1,498 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Skylight | SW 236° | 1,495 m | 2.7 mi |
| Dix Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,473 m | 5.6 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | W 281° | 1,472 m | 5.6 mi |
| Boundary Peak | WNW 284° | 1,471 m | 5.5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357598499
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 15 mi
- Westport · 23 mi
- Crown Point · 25 mi
- Essex · 29 mi
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