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Haystack Knob

Haystack Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Haystack Knob rises to 574 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the north, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushy Knob, a peak 2.4 miles away. Military Trail passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34823824, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
574 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.65338, -73.86959

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 46
  • Picketts Corner Park: 6.7 mi
  • Cadyville Recreation Park: 12.9 mi
  • LaPierre Lane Riverway Park: 15.6 mi
  • East Morrisonville Park: 16.0 mi
  • Jefferson Dukette Memorial Field: 16.2 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Waterfalls: 14
  • High Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Flume Falls: 19.8 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 19.9 mi
  • Upper Stag Brook Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 20.6 mi
Museums: 12
  • Six Nations Indian Museum: 15.9 mi
  • Rockwell Kent Collection: 19.9 mi
  • Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 20.0 mi
  • Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 20.0 mi
  • Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum: 20.9 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 17.2 mi
  • Clintonville: 19.3 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 19.9 mi
  • Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 20.1 mi
  • Bert Williams Farm: 20.5 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Airplane: 20.9 mi
  • Potholes: 21.0 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 21.0 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 21.0 mi
  • Master Pothole: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • summit fliff: 9.9 mi
  • Potter Mountain Cliff: 10.0 mi
  • Tsunami Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Center of Progress Cliff: 10.1 mi
  • Great Wall: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 21.2 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Goolds Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Peace Garden: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Haystack Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainN 4°1,167 m3.5 mi
Averill PeakNNW 348°1,159 m2.8 mi
Brushy KnobNNE 15°885 m2.4 mi
Haystack MountainW 261°881 m6.5 mi
Norton PeakW 261°876 m4.5 mi
Ragged Lake MountainWNW 294°832 m9.3 mi
Duncan MountainSSW 197°825 m9.4 mi
W MountainWNW 283°825 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2919:08
June solstice05:1120:0020:45
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:3015:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130435665696760483625
Precip in2.92.32.83.84.04.94.24.13.84.72.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952459 — Haystack Knob, Clinton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357563947

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