Guideboard Hill
Guideboard Hill rises to 664 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hedgehog Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34870751, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 664 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 17.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 16.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 16.8 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.0 mi
- Howard Hill: 2.6 mi
- North River Mountains: 2.8 mi
- Sanford Hill: 2.8 mi
- Spruce Hill: 3.2 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 6.9 mi
- Wallface: 8.7 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 13.6 mi
- Lost Lookout: 14.4 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 7.1 mi
- Millers Falls: 9.5 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 10.9 mi
- Indian Falls: 11.0 mi
- Rocky Falls: 11.4 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 17.1 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 18.0 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 18.0 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 18.1 mi
- Courtney Park: 18.1 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 6.7 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 8.7 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 15.7 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 15.8 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 15.8 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 4.5 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Pendleton: 8.1 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 9.8 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 5.4 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 15.9 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 16.2 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 17.0 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 17.1 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 19.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 19.1 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 20.9 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 21.8 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 21.8 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 19.1 mi
- Park beach: 19.6 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 21.5 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 22.6 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 19.1 mi
- Rafting: 19.1 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 23.1 mi
- Tahawus: 2.6 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Guideboard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | NE 46° | 1,629 m | 9.8 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | NNE 23° | 1,555 m | 9.7 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | NE 46° | 1,515 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Haystack | NE 52° | 1,498 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Skylight | NE 48° | 1,495 m | 8.9 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | NNE 21° | 1,472 m | 9.1 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NNE 22° | 1,471 m | 9.4 mi |
| Gray Peak | NE 44° | 1,463 m | 9.3 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 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357563006
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