Donaldson Mountain
Donaldson Mountain rises to 1,238 m in New York. Iroquois Peak stands 1,472 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Seward Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 9.4 miles off. 208 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
The story
Donaldson Mountain is a mountain in the Seward Range of the Adirondack Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 33rd-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,140 feet (1,260 m). The mountain is located in the town of Harrietstown in Franklin County. As the result of a writing campaign by the Adirondack Mountain Club and Russell M. L. Carson, it was named in 1924 for Alfred Lee Donaldson, author of A History of the Adirondacks, shortly after his death. Donaldson Mountain is flanked to the northeast by Seward Mountain, and to the south by Mount Emmons. The first recorded ascent of the mountain was made on October 14, 1870, by surveyor Verplanck Colvin and mountain guide Alvah Dunning, while they were hiking to Seward Mountain. The summit of Donaldson can be accessed on unmarked trails. The easiest access to the Seward Range is on the Ward Brook Truck Trail, which begins at a parking lot on Coreys Road south of the village of Saranac Lake. Between an intersection with a horse trail 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from the trailhead and the Ward Brook lean-to located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) from the trailhead, the trail crosses three brooks; the preferred route to Seward Mountain branches off from the trail at the first of these. An alternative route to the Seward Range follows the Calkins Brook Track Trail. This trail begins at the same parking lot and coincides with the Truck Trail for 1.2 miles (1.9 km) before diverging to the right. The unmarked trail to the Seward Range branches off the Calkins Brook Trail at 3.3 miles (5.3 km). Another unmarked trail connects the summits of Seward Mountain, Donaldson Mountain, and Mount Emmons.
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Wikidata Q5295363, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,238 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 6.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 12.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 13.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
208 named places within 25 miles
- Henderson Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Wallface: 8.7 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 16.1 mi
- Weeping Winds: 17.4 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Seward Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Mount Emmons: 0.7 mi
- Seymour Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Couchsachraga Peak: 4.7 mi
- Van Dorrien Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Millers Falls: 3.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 5.5 mi
- Raquette Falls: 5.6 mi
- Upper Falls: 5.9 mi
- Wanika Falls: 8.3 mi
- Baldwin Park: 12.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 12.4 mi
- Prescott Park: 12.5 mi
- Beaver Park: 12.5 mi
- Riverfront Park: 12.5 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 10.6 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 11.9 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 13.5 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 13.6 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 14.0 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 8.1 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 9.3 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Pendleton: 12.7 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 5.2 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 6.8 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 8.7 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 12.4 mi
- Henry's Woods: 13.4 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 12.1 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 12.6 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 12.9 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 13.0 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 13.6 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 19.5 mi
- Goolds Garden: 19.9 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.5 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 23.5 mi
- Tahawus: 10.7 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 21.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Donaldson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iroquois Peak | E 96° | 1,472 m | 10.6 mi |
| Boundary Peak | E 95° | 1,471 m | 10.8 mi |
| Santanoni Peak | SE 141° | 1,401 m | 6.3 mi |
| Panther Peak | SE 134° | 1,358 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Marshall | E 100° | 1,333 m | 10.1 mi |
| Seward Mountain | NE 56° | 1,319 m | 0.7 mi |
| Nye Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,271 m | 9.6 mi |
| Street Mountain | E 79° | 1,265 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:34 | 16:22 |
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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RAY Brook, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357556889
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