Dix Mountain
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Dix Mountain rises to 1,473 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the west-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Beck-horn, a peak 0.2 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
Dix Mountain is a mountain in the Dix Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. With an elevation of 4,857 feet (1,480 m), it is the sixth-highest peak in New York and one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks. It is located roughly on the boundary between the towns of North Hudson and Keene in Essex County, and in the High Peaks Wilderness Area of Adirondack Park. The crest of the peak consists of a very narrow ridge, which continues to the southeast and rises to a subsidiary peak named Beckhorn, then continues south to other peaks of the Dix Range. The summit is also in an alpine zone above the treeline. The ridge offers unobstructed views of Elk Lake to the southwest, the Great Range to the northwest, and Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains to the east. The mountain was reportedly first climbed in 1807 by a man named Rykert in the course of surveying the town line. The peak was given its current name by state geologist Ebenezer Emmons, who named it in 1837 after John Adams Dix, who was the Secretary of State of New York at the time, and later became the state's governor.
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Wikidata Q5284763, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1473 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 16.0 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 16.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 16.3 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 5 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beck-horn: 0.2 mi
- Hough Peak: 1.0 mi
- Nippletop: 1.6 mi
- South Dix: 1.7 mi
- Dial Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 2.7 mi
- Lost Lookout: 3.6 mi
- King Wall: 4.0 mi
- Emperor Slab: 4.2 mi
- Chapel Pond Slab: 4.2 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 4.8 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 10.1 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 12.4 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 15.4 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 16.7 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 1.8 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 2.1 mi
- The Falls: 2.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.3 mi
- Artists Falls: 3.3 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 3.1 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 7.1 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 10.7 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 6.6 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 6.8 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 9.9 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 13.5 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 11.6 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 11.6 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 11.6 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 14.9 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.3 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.4 mi
- The Iron Center: 16.5 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 16.6 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 17.1 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 16.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 16.7 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 17.0 mi
- Park beach: 17.2 mi
- Westport Beach: 18.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.2 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 16.5 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 16.7 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 16.7 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 6.2 mi
- Tahawus: 13.3 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Dix Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | WNW 287° | 1,629 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Haystack | WNW 286° | 1,498 m | 5.9 mi |
| Basin Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,468 m | 5.6 mi |
| Beck-horn | SSE 156° | 1,455 m | 0.2 mi |
| Little Marcy | WNW 293° | 1,438 m | 6.7 mi |
| Gothics | NW 312° | 1,425 m | 4.7 mi |
| Little Haystack | WNW 289° | 1,421 m | 6.0 mi |
| Giant Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,410 m | 6.4 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 973347 — Dix Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598514
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 12 mi
- Westport · 19 mi
- Crown Point · 20 mi
- Essex · 27 mi
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