Boundary Peak
Boundary Peak rises to 1,471 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the east-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Iroquois Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 7.3 miles off. 241 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34805966, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,471 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 9.6 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 13.6 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 18.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
241 named places within 25 miles
- Iroquois Peak: 0.3 mi
- Algonquin Peak: 0.4 mi
- Shepherd's Tooth: 0.5 mi
- Wright Peak: 1.1 mi
- Mount Marshall: 1.2 mi
- Wallface: 2.1 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 4.8 mi
- The Courthouse: 7.8 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Lost Lookout: 8.5 mi
- Mid's Park: 10.4 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 10.4 mi
- Brewster Park: 10.5 mi
- Baldwin Park: 13.7 mi
- Prescott Park: 14.2 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Falls: 2.2 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 2.6 mi
- Indian Falls: 3.2 mi
- Wanika Falls: 5.1 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 1.1 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 4.0 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 5.2 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 5.2 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 0.7 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 6.4 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 6.5 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 6.5 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 7.9 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 4.6 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 7.2 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 8.2 mi
- Henry's Woods: 8.5 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 14.8 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 10.0 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 10.0 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 14.6 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 14.7 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 20.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 15.9 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.0 mi
- Goolds Garden: 24.2 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.4 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 10.0 mi
- Park beach: 24.1 mi
- Tahawus: 6.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.2 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 16.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boundary Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | ESE 118° | 1,629 m | 4.0 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | NE 54° | 1,555 m | 0.4 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | ESE 121° | 1,515 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Haystack | ESE 117° | 1,498 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Skylight | SE 132° | 1,495 m | 4.2 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | SW 225° | 1,472 m | 0.3 mi |
| Basin Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,468 m | 5.5 mi |
| Gray Peak | SE 125° | 1,463 m | 3.5 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 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:33 | 16:21 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 973344 — Boundary Peak, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598508
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 20 mi
- Westport · 28 mi
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