Giant Mountain
Giant Mountain rises to 1,410 m in New York. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the south-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Peak Ridge, a peak 0.9 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Giant Mountain, also known as Giant of the Valley, is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the twelfth-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,627 feet (1,410 m), and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the Giant Mountain Wilderness Area, in the town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain is named for its towering appearance from the nearby Pleasant Valley to the east, which sits at a low elevation.
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Wikidata Q8524323, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1410 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 13.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 22.0 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 1 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Peak Ridge: 0.9 mi
- Green Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Nubble: 1.6 mi
- Hopkins Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Noble Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Aserisk: 1.4 mi
- Banana Belt: 1.5 mi
- Nubble Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Future Wall: 1.5 mi
- Second Chance Wall: 1.6 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 2.5 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 10.4 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 10.5 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 10.5 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 11.1 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 1.7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 2.1 mi
- Russell Falls: 3.1 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 3.5 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 4.0 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 6.0 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 10.6 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 4.0 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 5.8 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 10.9 mi
- Twin Valleys Outdoor Education Center: 14.2 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 10.8 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 10.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 10.8 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 13.7 mi
- Skyride: 13.7 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 7.4 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 7.5 mi
- The Iron Center: 15.4 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 15.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 15.6 mi
- Westport Beach: 14.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 15.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 15.5 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 15.7 mi
- Park beach: 22.7 mi
- Footbridge Park: 7.2 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 15.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 15.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 15.7 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 24.4 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 10.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.5 mi
- Tahawus: 18.1 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Giant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | SSW 211° | 1,473 m | 6.4 mi |
| Beck-horn | SSW 210° | 1,455 m | 6.5 mi |
| Nippletop | SW 224° | 1,393 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hough Peak | SSW 204° | 1,341 m | 6.9 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | ESE 123° | 1,338 m | 0.9 mi |
| Armstrong Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,320 m | 6.7 mi |
| Upper Wolfjaw Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,281 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lower Wolfjaw Mountain | W 261° | 1,273 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:32 | 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2611110 — Giant Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/1978958101
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 7 mi
- Westport · 14 mi
- Crown Point · 20 mi
- Essex · 21 mi
- Charlotte · 26 mi
- Shelburne · 29 mi
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