Haystack Mountain
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Haystack Mountain rises to 873 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Burn Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 1.8 miles off. 222 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 873 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 4.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 9.4 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 24.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
222 named places within 25 miles
- Pulpit Rock: 4.3 mi
- Moss Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Weeping Winds: 10.1 mi
- Wallface: 12.6 mi
- The Courthouse: 14.4 mi
- Big Burn Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Little Burn Mountain: 1.2 mi
- McKenzie Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Little John Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little McKenzie Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Monument Falls: 6.9 mi
- Wanika Falls: 8.5 mi
- High Falls (Main): 9.1 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 9.1 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 9.1 mi
- Baldwin Park: 3.3 mi
- Prescott Park: 3.4 mi
- Triangle Park: 3.6 mi
- Denny Park: 3.6 mi
- Riverfront Park: 3.6 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 2.3 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 6.2 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 6.3 mi
- Skyride: 6.3 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 6.3 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 4.2 mi
- World War Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 5.2 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 6.0 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 6.2 mi
- Henry's Woods: 5.2 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 6.1 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 11.9 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 12.2 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 14.3 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 3.5 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 3.8 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 4.2 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 4.3 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 12.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 4.6 mi
- Goolds Garden: 12.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 12.6 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 21.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 4.4 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 8.4 mi
- Tahawus: 18.7 mi
- Footbridge Park: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,466 m | 8.1 mi |
| Esther Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,293 m | 9.3 mi |
| Nye Mountain | S 171° | 1,271 m | 9.3 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,242 m | 9.1 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | E 98° | 1,182 m | 8.6 mi |
| Moose Mountain | NE 50° | 1,180 m | 3.3 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | NE 45° | 1,165 m | 1.5 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,111 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RAY Brook, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357563954
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