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Haystack Mountain

Haystack Mountain, a peak in New York
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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.

What the record says

Elevation
873 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.32060, -74.05404

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 53
  • Pulpit Rock: 4.3 mi
  • Moss Cliff: 6.8 mi
  • Weeping Winds: 10.1 mi
  • Wallface: 12.6 mi
  • The Courthouse: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 34
Parks: 33
  • Baldwin Park: 3.3 mi
  • Prescott Park: 3.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Triangle Park: 3.6 mi
  • Denny Park: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 16
  • 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
Historic sites: 16
Nature reserves: 12
  • 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
Museums: 9
Gardens: 4
  • 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
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 8.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Footbridge Park: 23.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whiteface MountainENE 67°1,466 m8.1 mi
Esther MountainENE 60°1,293 m9.3 mi
Nye MountainS 171°1,271 m9.3 mi
Lookout MountainENE 64°1,242 m9.1 mi
Kilburn MountainE 98°1,182 m8.6 mi
Sawtooth #1SSW 200°1,181 m9.7 mi
Moose MountainNE 50°1,180 m3.3 mi
McKenzie MountainNE 45°1,165 m1.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:09
June solstice05:1320:0020:45
September equinox06:4418:1718:56
December solstice07:3015:3316:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141524385059646255443321

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RAY Brook, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357563954

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