Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 642 m in New York. Loon Lake Mountain stands 1,014 m to the west-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Marsh Pond Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Franklin County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34921136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 642 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 14.0 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 17.3 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 24.9 mi off the Military Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Marsh Pond Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mud Pond Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Haystack Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Baker Hill: 2.0 mi
- Buck Pond Hill: 2.1 mi
- Brighton Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
- The Great Lawn: 11.2 mi
- Denny Park: 13.6 mi
- Ampersand Park: 13.7 mi
- Triangle Park: 13.7 mi
- High Falls: 14.0 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 14.9 mi
- Lower Stag Brook Falls: 15.2 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 15.2 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 15.2 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 15.1 mi
- Potholes: 15.2 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 15.2 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 15.2 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 15.2 mi
- Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Deer River Primitive Area: 17.0 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 17.5 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 18.1 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 16.8 mi
- World War Memorial: 16.8 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 17.5 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 18.2 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 12.3 mi
- summit fliff: 12.4 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 12.7 mi
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Moss Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 2.8 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 13.6 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 13.9 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 16.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 16.9 mi
- Goolds Garden: 10.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 11.1 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 12.9 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 16.9 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 17.4 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loon Lake Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,014 m | 5.0 mi |
| Debar Mountain | NW 306° | 1,011 m | 9.6 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NNE 21° | 881 m | 8.6 mi |
| Norton Peak | NNE 31° | 876 m | 9.8 mi |
| Kate Mountain | S 180° | 863 m | 2.2 mi |
| Baldface Mountain | NW 320° | 858 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Tom | NNW 339° | 831 m | 9.5 mi |
| Duncan Mountain | E 90° | 825 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:32 | 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 | 51 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saranac LK Adirondack Rgnl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952463 — Haystack Mountain, Franklin County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357563962
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