Echo Mountain
Echo Mountain rises to 671 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the east-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is McIntyre Blast Furnace, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34821808, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 671 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 18.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 13.5 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 15.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex K-120 Meter Jump Observation Deck · 14 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 14 mi
- Cascade Mountain · 15 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sanford Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Andrew: 1.5 mi
- Popple Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Adams: 2.5 mi
- Henderson Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Wallface: 5.3 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 12.4 mi
- Lost Lookout: 12.8 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 4.5 mi
- Millers Falls: 7.6 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 7.8 mi
- Rocky Falls: 8.1 mi
- Indian Falls: 8.5 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 15.9 mi
- Mid's Park: 16.1 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 16.1 mi
- Brewster Park: 16.2 mi
- Baldwin Park: 17.6 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 5.6 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.0 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 12.7 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 12.8 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 1.1 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 7.8 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 9.3 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 1.9 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 12.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 13.7 mi
- Henry's Woods: 14.2 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 14.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 15.7 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 15.7 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 18.4 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 18.6 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 21.4 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 15.7 mi
- Park beach: 22.0 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 23.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 19.7 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 21.9 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 23.1 mi
- Rafting: 22.1 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 22.5 mi
- Tahawus: 1.2 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 18.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 22.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Echo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | ENE 65° | 1,629 m | 7.8 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | NE 36° | 1,555 m | 6.7 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | ENE 65° | 1,515 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Haystack | ENE 71° | 1,498 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Skylight | ENE 70° | 1,495 m | 7.1 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | NE 34° | 1,472 m | 6.0 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NE 34° | 1,471 m | 6.3 mi |
| Gray Peak | ENE 63° | 1,463 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:34 | 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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 949349 — Echo Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357557825
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- Elizabethtown · 25 mi
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