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Elephants Head

Elephants Head, seen from above at true elevation

Elephants Head rises to 609 m in New York. Loon Lake Mountain stands 1,014 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Humbug Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 1.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34821955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
609 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.70283, -74.27405

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 13
  • Deer River Primitive Area: 3.8 mi
  • Franklin Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 4.6 mi
  • Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 15.4 mi
  • Valley View State Forest: 18.7 mi
  • Chateaugay Fish Hatchery: 19.4 mi
Parks: 11
Waterfalls: 5
  • High Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Saint Regis Falls: 13.7 mi
  • High Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Augerhole Falls: 23.7 mi
  • High Falls: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Goolds Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Peace Garden: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
  • Six Nations Indian Museum: 16.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Elephants Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loon Lake MountainSSE 149°1,014 m11.7 mi
Debar MountainSSE 159°1,011 m7.4 mi
Baldface MountainSE 141°858 m7.6 mi
Ragged Lake MountainE 88°832 m11.4 mi
Mount TomESE 117°831 m7.9 mi
W MountainE 96°825 m10.6 mi
Black PeakSSE 165°823 m7.2 mi
West MountainENE 61°750 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:10
June solstice05:1220:0220:47
September equinox06:4518:1818:57
December solstice07:3215:3216:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151726415463686659463523
Precip in2.42.02.43.33.34.54.03.94.04.33.12.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malone, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357558032

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