Big Slide Mountain
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Big Slide Mountain rises to 1,280 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the south-southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Yard Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Big Slide Mountain is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 27th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,240 feet (1,290 m). The mountain is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The Johns Brook Valley lies to its east and the South Meadow to its west. The earliest recorded ascent of the mountain was made in 1812 when a surveyor named John Richards was marking the lot lines in Township 12 of the Old Military Tract. The peak was later named for one of two prominent landslides which occurred in 1830 and 1856. Three hiking approaches are available to the summit of Big Slide, which offers views of the nearby Great Range, Giant Mountain, and Algonquin Peak. One approach is via the Brothers, a set of three rocky crags which offer several views on the way to the summit. This blue-blazed trail begins at the Garden parking lot on New York State Route 73 in Keene Valley, and continues over the Brothers to the junction with the red-blazed Slide Mountain Brook Trail, which proceeds to the summit for a total distance of 4.0 miles (6.4 km) and ascent of 2,800 feet (850 m). Big Slide can also be climbed via the Slide Mountain Brook Trail from the Phelps trail in Johns Brook Valley, or combined with Yard Mountain via the Klondike Notch trail (Yard's elevation is 4,018 feet (1,225 m), but it is not considered one of the High Peaks, as it is too close to Big Slide). Both of these routes begin from Garden parking lot on the yellow-blazed Phelps Trail. The Phelps Trail passes the DEC Interior Outpost after 3.1 miles (5.0 km). The Slide Mountain Brook Trail begins from the Phelps Trail another 0.1 miles (0.16 km) from the outpost and continues the final 2.4 miles (3.9 km) to the summit of Big Slide, for a total distance of 5.6 miles (9.0 km) and ascent of 2,000 feet (610 m). Finally, the red-blazed Klondike Notch Trail diverges from the Phelps Trail at Johns Brook Lodge, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the Garden parking lot. After 1.3 miles (2.1 km), the blue-blazed Big Slide Trail diverges and travels over the summit of Yard to the summit of Big Slide, for a total distance of 7.5 miles (12.1 km) and ascent of 1,927 feet (587 m).
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Wikidata Q4906374, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1280 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 8.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 18.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 20.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cascade Mountain · 3 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 4 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yard Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Burtons Peak: 0.9 mi
- Third Brother: 1.0 mi
- Second Brother: 1.7 mi
- First Brother: 1.8 mi
- The Courthouse: 1.4 mi
- Weeping Winds: 4.1 mi
- Lost Lookout: 4.5 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 5.5 mi
- Case Wall: 5.7 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 5.6 mi
- Mid's Park: 9.3 mi
- Brewster Park: 9.4 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 9.5 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 9.5 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 2.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 2.8 mi
- Indian Falls: 4.1 mi
- Indian Falls: 4.1 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 4.3 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 5.0 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 5.5 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 5.8 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 7.0 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 1.9 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 7.5 mi
- Henry's Woods: 8.0 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 9.2 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 11.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 3.6 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 3.6 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 3.6 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 6.9 mi
- Skyride: 6.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 9.0 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 9.0 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 14.0 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 14.1 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 16.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 8.9 mi
- Westport Beach: 21.7 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 22.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 22.9 mi
- Park beach: 24.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.7 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 22.6 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 22.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 22.9 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 17.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 12.6 mi
- Tahawus: 12.8 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Big Slide Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | SSW 209° | 1,629 m | 5.5 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | SSW 209° | 1,515 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Haystack | SSW 196° | 1,498 m | 5.5 mi |
| Basin Mountain | S 190° | 1,468 m | 4.3 mi |
| Gray Peak | SSW 213° | 1,463 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Marcy | SSW 205° | 1,438 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Colden | SW 229° | 1,436 m | 5.8 mi |
| Gothics | S 170° | 1,425 m | 3.8 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 | 15:32 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357548909
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Westport · 22 mi
- Crown Point · 27 mi
- Essex · 27 mi
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