Grace Peak
Grace Peak rises to 1,227 m in New York. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the northwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wyman Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Grace Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. It is part of the Dix Range, named after John A. Dix (1798–1879), New York Secretary of State in 1837, and later Governor. The mountain was formerly called East Dix, but in 2014 it was officially renamed Grace Peak in honor of Grace Hudowalski (1906–2004), who in 1937 became the ninth person and first woman to climb all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks. Grace Peak is flanked to the northeast by Spotted Mountain, and to the southwest by South Dix. The northwest side of Grace Peak drains into the headwaters of the South Fork of the Boquet River, thence into Lake Champlain, which drains into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The east side of Grace Peak drains into Lindsay Brook, thence into the Schroon River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The south side of Grace Peak drains into West Mill Brook, thence into the Schroon River. Grace Peak is within the Dix Mountain Wilderness Area of Adirondack State Park.
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Wikidata Q5328237, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1227 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 14.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 16.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 18.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 5 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wyman Mountain: 0.8 mi
- South Dix: 0.9 mi
- Spotted Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Hough Peak: 1.1 mi
- Macomb Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- King Wall: 4.6 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Sunshine City: 4.7 mi
- Birch Wall: 4.7 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 1.3 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 3.6 mi
- The Falls: 3.8 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 4.0 mi
- Artists Falls: 5.0 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 5.0 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 8.9 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 12.1 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 6.0 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 8.4 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 8.5 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 15.1 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 5.9 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 8.7 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 11.1 mi
- Bandstand Park: 15.9 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 16.2 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 12.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 13.4 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 13.4 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 13.4 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 16.7 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.2 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.3 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 14.7 mi
- The Iron Center: 14.9 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 16.6 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 15.1 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 15.1 mi
- Park beach: 15.9 mi
- Westport Beach: 18.1 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 18.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.2 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 14.9 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 15.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 15.2 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 15.8 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.1 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 4.4 mi
- Tahawus: 14.6 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Grace Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | NW 309° | 1,473 m | 1.9 mi |
| Beck-horn | NW 307° | 1,455 m | 1.7 mi |
| Gothics | NW 311° | 1,425 m | 6.6 mi |
| Giant Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,410 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NW 310° | 1,401 m | 6.3 mi |
| Nippletop | WNW 300° | 1,393 m | 3.4 mi |
| Hough Peak | WNW 287° | 1,341 m | 1.1 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | NNE 23° | 1,338 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| 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, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 949060 — Grace Peak, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357557474
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 12 mi
- Crown Point · 18 mi
- Westport · 18 mi
- Essex · 26 mi
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