Hopkins Mountain
Hopkins Mountain rises to 962 m in New York. Gothics stands 1,425 m to the southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Spread Eagle Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34923055, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 962 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 22.2 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 2 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 2 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spread Eagle Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Tripod Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Green Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Flat Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Round Top: 1.9 mi
- Crack in the Woods Cliff: 2.5 mi
- Case Wall: 2.5 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 2.6 mi
- Nubble Cliff: 2.6 mi
- Aserisk: 2.7 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 8.6 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 10.8 mi
- Milholland Park: 11.2 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 12.4 mi
- The Covered Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 2.3 mi
- Russell Falls: 2.7 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
- Hulls Falls: 4.2 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 4.5 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 5.9 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 9.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 4.3 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 6.1 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 9.0 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 12.5 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 8.9 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 8.9 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 9.0 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 11.8 mi
- Skyride: 11.8 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 8.1 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 8.2 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 13.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 13.6 mi
- The Iron Center: 17.4 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 13.5 mi
- Westport Beach: 15.7 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 17.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 17.8 mi
- Park beach: 24.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 7.8 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 17.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 17.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 17.7 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 22.3 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 14.4 mi
- Tahawus: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Hopkins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gothics | SW 234° | 1,425 m | 6.6 mi |
| Giant Mountain | SE 137° | 1,410 m | 2.1 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | SE 133° | 1,338 m | 3.0 mi |
| Armstrong Mountain | SW 236° | 1,320 m | 6.0 mi |
| Upper Wolfjaw Mountain | WSW 238° | 1,281 m | 5.6 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | W 269° | 1,280 m | 6.0 mi |
| Lower Wolfjaw Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,273 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,249 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357565447
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 8 mi
- Westport · 16 mi
- Essex · 21 mi
- Crown Point · 22 mi
- Charlotte · 27 mi
- Shelburne · 30 mi
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