Bassett Mountain
Bassett Mountain rises to 599 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the west, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Wall, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34804498, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 599 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 7.7 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 14.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 23.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Wainwright Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 1.4 mi
- Ebenezer Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Ebenezer Summit: 1.5 mi
- Hamlin Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Great Wall: 0.1 mi
- Moss Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 10.0 mi
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 10.1 mi
- The Covered Bridge: 1.8 mi
- Wilmington Bike Park: 2.8 mi
- Wilmington Heritage Park: 2.9 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 3.2 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 3.2 mi
- Flume Falls: 3.9 mi
- The Flume Fall: 4.0 mi
- Lower Stag Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 5.8 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 0.9 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 5.2 mi
- Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve: 9.0 mi
- OSI: 10.5 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 0.6 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 6.0 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 7.0 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Clintonville: 11.1 mi
- Potholes: 5.8 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 5.9 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 5.9 mi
- Master Pothole: 5.9 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 5.9 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 12.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 12.7 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.7 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.8 mi
- Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 16.5 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 12.6 mi
- Port Kent Public Beach Park: 20.5 mi
- Westport Beach: 20.8 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 24.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 18.9 mi
- Formal Garden: 23.9 mi
- Goolds Garden: 24.3 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.4 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 6.7 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Bassett Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | W 266° | 1,466 m | 7.0 mi |
| Esther Mountain | W 278° | 1,293 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | W 273° | 1,242 m | 6.3 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | SW 224° | 1,174 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | W 259° | 1,111 m | 6.6 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | SW 235° | 1,104 m | 5.8 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SE 140° | 1,102 m | 7.1 mi |
| Jay Benchmark | SE 133° | 1,097 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
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/357546981
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 15 mi
- Essex · 21 mi
- Westport · 21 mi
- Charlotte · 26 mi
- Shelburne · 26 mi
- Burlington · 28 mi
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