Haystack Knob
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
- 16.5 mi off the Military Trail
- 17.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 20.1 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 20.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Whirlpool Basin Overlook · 22 mi
- Sentry Box Overlook · 22 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 22 mi
- Horseshoe Falls Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brushy Knob: 2.4 mi
- Averill Peak: 2.8 mi
- Lyon Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Clark Hill: 4.1 mi
- Norton Peak: 4.5 mi
- 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
- Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Burnt Hill State Forest: 8.5 mi
- Cadyville State Forest: 12.3 mi
- Moon Pond State Forest: 14.3 mi
- Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 16.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Airplane: 20.9 mi
- Potholes: 21.0 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 21.0 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 21.0 mi
- Master Pothole: 21.1 mi
- 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
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 9.5 mi
- Plattsburgh City Beach: 22.0 mi
- Port Kent Public Beach Park: 24.5 mi
- Amite Sculpture: 20.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 20.0 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 21.2 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Mountain | N 4° | 1,167 m | 3.5 mi |
| Averill Peak | NNW 348° | 1,159 m | 2.8 mi |
| Brushy Knob | NNE 15° | 885 m | 2.4 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | W 261° | 881 m | 6.5 mi |
| Norton Peak | W 261° | 876 m | 4.5 mi |
| Ragged Lake Mountain | WNW 294° | 832 m | 9.3 mi |
| Duncan Mountain | SSW 197° | 825 m | 9.4 mi |
| W Mountain | WNW 283° | 825 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:30 | 16:18 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
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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