Big Burn Mountain
Big Burn Mountain rises to 891 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the east-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little John Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 1.3 miles off. 225 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34805198, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 891 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 3.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 10.3 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 23.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
225 named places within 25 miles
- Pulpit Rock: 3.5 mi
- Moss Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Weeping Winds: 9.1 mi
- Wallface: 11.8 mi
- The Courthouse: 13.3 mi
- Little John Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Little Burn Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Hennessy Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Colburn: 1.3 mi
- Monument Falls: 6.1 mi
- Wanika Falls: 7.7 mi
- High Falls (Main): 8.6 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 8.6 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 8.6 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 2.8 mi
- Brewster Park: 2.9 mi
- Mid's Park: 3.0 mi
- Baldwin Park: 4.1 mi
- Prescott Park: 4.3 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 2.8 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 5.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 5.2 mi
- Skyride: 5.2 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 5.2 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 3.2 mi
- World War Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 4.1 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 4.9 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 5.1 mi
- Henry's Woods: 4.1 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 5.0 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 11.4 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 12.2 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 13.7 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 3.2 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 3.2 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 4.5 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 4.6 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 13.3 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 5.6 mi
- Goolds Garden: 13.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 13.6 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 3.3 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 8.0 mi
- Tahawus: 17.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Burn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,466 m | 7.8 mi |
| Esther Mountain | NE 54° | 1,293 m | 9.1 mi |
| Nye Mountain | S 175° | 1,271 m | 8.5 mi |
| Street Mountain | S 176° | 1,265 m | 9.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,242 m | 8.9 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | E 93° | 1,182 m | 7.8 mi |
| Moose Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,180 m | 3.4 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | N 10° | 1,165 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357548642
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