Beck-horn
Beck-horn rises to 1,455 m in New York. Mount Haystack stands 1,498 m to the west-northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dix Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34804782, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1455 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 15.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 16.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 16.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 5 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dix Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Hough Peak: 0.8 mi
- South Dix: 1.5 mi
- Nippletop: 1.7 mi
- Grace Peak: 1.7 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 2.9 mi
- Lost Lookout: 3.8 mi
- King Wall: 4.1 mi
- Emperor Slab: 4.3 mi
- Chapel Pond Slab: 4.3 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 4.9 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 10.0 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 12.3 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 15.6 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 16.8 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 1.7 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 2.3 mi
- The Falls: 2.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.5 mi
- Artists Falls: 3.5 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 3.3 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 7.2 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 6.6 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 7.0 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 9.7 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 13.6 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 11.3 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 11.7 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 11.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 11.8 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 15.0 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.4 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.5 mi
- The Iron Center: 16.4 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 16.4 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 17.2 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 16.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 16.6 mi
- Park beach: 17.0 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 17.2 mi
- Westport Beach: 18.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 16.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 16.6 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 16.6 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 6.0 mi
- Tahawus: 13.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Beck-horn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Haystack | WNW 287° | 1,498 m | 6.0 mi |
| Dix Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,473 m | 0.2 mi |
| Basin Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,468 m | 5.8 mi |
| Little Marcy | WNW 294° | 1,438 m | 6.8 mi |
| Gothics | NW 313° | 1,425 m | 4.9 mi |
| Little Haystack | WNW 290° | 1,421 m | 6.1 mi |
| Giant Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,410 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NW 311° | 1,401 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 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, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 943471 — Beck-horn, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357547562
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 12 mi
- Crown Point · 19 mi
- Westport · 19 mi
- Essex · 27 mi
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