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Haystack Mountain

Haystack Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Haystack Mountain rises to 429 m in New York. Bluff Mountain stands 893 m to the south, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ragged Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 1.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34921125, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
429 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.41977, -73.64792

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Covered Bridge: 5.0 mi
  • Wilmington Bike Park: 8.5 mi
  • Wilmington Heritage Park: 8.6 mi
  • Lake Everest - Town Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Town of Wilmington Beach: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 55
  • Great Wall: 6.4 mi
  • Potter Mountain Cliff: 10.0 mi
  • Tsunami Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Center of Progress Cliff: 10.4 mi
  • summit fliff: 10.5 mi
Nature reserves: 49
Historic sites: 39
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 2.4 mi
  • Clintonville: 4.8 mi
  • Bert Williams Farm: 6.9 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 13.1 mi
  • 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Flume Falls: 10.1 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 10.2 mi
  • Alice Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 11.7 mi
Museums: 29
  • Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 10.1 mi
  • North Star Underground Railroad Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Adsit Cabin: 13.5 mi
  • Adirondack history center museum: 14.3 mi
  • Adirondack History Museum: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Ausable Chasm: 11.7 mi
  • Potholes: 12.2 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 12.2 mi
  • Master Pothole: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 14.1 mi
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Shelburne Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Westport Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Leddy Park Beach: 20.3 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Formal Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Childrens Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 21.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 21.6 mi
  • Myrtle Street Avant Garden: 21.7 mi
Artworks: 9
Picnic sites: 3
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Footbridge Park: 14.2 mi
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 21.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluff MountainS 174°893 m5.6 mi
Hog Back MountainS 174°812 m5.1 mi
Bitch MountainS 183°796 m3.7 mi
Jug MountainS 180°742 m3.4 mi
Black Ash MountainS 185°728 m5.0 mi
Lincoln MountainS 190°714 m3.9 mi
Old Rang MountainE 93°694 m5.5 mi
Hardwood HillSSW 191°683 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1119:5920:43
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2815:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192232455866716961493826

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru 2 WSW, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952462 — Haystack Mountain, Essex County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357563957

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