Baxter Mountain
Baxter Mountain rises to 739 m in New York. Giant Mountain stands 1,410 m to the south-southeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34804526, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 739 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 9.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 23.6 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 4 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 5 mi
- Cascade Mountain · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Hill: 0.4 mi
- Round Top: 0.7 mi
- Flat Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Tripod Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Beede Hill: 2.1 mi
- Case Wall: 4.7 mi
- Crack in the Woods Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Case Wall: 4.8 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 4.8 mi
- The Courthouse: 4.8 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 4.6 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 6.2 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 10.6 mi
- Milholland Park: 10.9 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 10.9 mi
- Hulls Falls: 1.9 mi
- Russell Falls: 4.5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.2 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 5.6 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 7.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 10.3 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 10.4 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 4.6 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 6.5 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 8.4 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 10.1 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 7.8 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 7.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 7.9 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 10.2 mi
- Skyride: 10.2 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 8.6 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 8.6 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 11.8 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 11.8 mi
- The Iron Center: 19.4 mi
- Footbridge Park: 8.2 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 19.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 19.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 19.7 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 11.7 mi
- Westport Beach: 16.6 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 19.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 19.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 12.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 14.3 mi
- Tahawus: 18.3 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Baxter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Mountain | SSE 150° | 1,410 m | 4.4 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | SE 146° | 1,338 m | 5.2 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,280 m | 5.8 mi |
| Lower Wolfjaw Mountain | SW 215° | 1,273 m | 5.8 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | W 271° | 1,249 m | 4.7 mi |
| Porter Mountain | W 266° | 1,240 m | 4.4 mi |
| Green Mountain | SE 134° | 1,203 m | 3.4 mi |
| Third Brother | WSW 244° | 1,134 m | 4.7 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 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:32 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357547078
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 9 mi
- Westport · 16 mi
- Essex · 21 mi
- Crown Point · 25 mi
- Charlotte · 27 mi
- Shelburne · 29 mi
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