Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 881 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, New York, United States of America; geonames ID = 5120329.
Wikidata Q34921148, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 881 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 18.8 mi off the Military Trail
- 19.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 24.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Hill: 0.8 mi
- Wolf Pond Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Norton Peak: 2.0 mi
- Goldsmith Mountains: 3.2 mi
- Catamount Knoll: 4.2 mi
- Picketts Corner Park: 13.2 mi
- Brighton Memorial Park: 16.7 mi
- The Great Lawn: 18.8 mi
- Chateaugay Park: 19.0 mi
- Cadyville Recreation Park: 19.4 mi
- Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Burnt Hill State Forest: 14.5 mi
- Deer River Primitive Area: 16.7 mi
- Moon Pond State Forest: 17.0 mi
- Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 18.3 mi
- High Falls: 9.8 mi
- Flume Falls: 20.4 mi
- The Flume Fall: 20.4 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 20.5 mi
- Lower Stag Brook Falls: 20.7 mi
- Potholes: 20.9 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 21.0 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 21.0 mi
- Master Pothole: 21.0 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 21.0 mi
- summit fliff: 12.6 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 12.7 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 12.8 mi
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Moss Cliff: 21.2 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 19.4 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 20.6 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 22.0 mi
- Clintonville: 24.0 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 24.4 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 11.2 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 22.1 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 22.5 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 24.5 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 24.5 mi
- Goolds Garden: 18.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 18.8 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 21.5 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 8.9 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 24.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Mountain | NE 56° | 1,167 m | 8.0 mi |
| Averill Peak | ENE 57° | 1,159 m | 6.9 mi |
| Loon Lake Mountain | SW 233° | 1,014 m | 9.3 mi |
| Brushy Knob | ENE 64° | 885 m | 7.8 mi |
| Norton Peak | E 81° | 876 m | 2.0 mi |
| Kate Mountain | SSW 197° | 863 m | 10.7 mi |
| Baldface Mountain | W 260° | 858 m | 8.8 mi |
| Ragged Lake Mountain | NNW 336° | 832 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:01 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952464 — Haystack Mountain, Franklin County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357563967
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