Hough Peak
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Hough Peak rises to 1,341 m in New York. Mount Haystack stands 1,498 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is South Dix, a peak 0.7 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Hough Peak () is a mountain in the Dix Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 23rd-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,400 feet (1,300 m). The mountain is located in the High Peaks Wilderness Area, in the town of North Hudson in Essex County. It is named for Franklin B. Hough, an early Adirondack conservationist and forester.
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Wikidata Q5912859, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,341 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 15.7 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 15.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 17.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 5 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Dix: 0.7 mi
- Beck-horn: 0.8 mi
- Dix Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Grace Peak: 1.1 mi
- Macomb Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Lost Lookout: 4.6 mi
- King Wall: 4.6 mi
- Emperor Slab: 4.8 mi
- Chapel Pond Slab: 4.8 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 1.7 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 3.0 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 4.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 4.2 mi
- Artists Falls: 4.3 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 9.2 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 12.0 mi
- Bandstand Park: 16.2 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 16.3 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 17.1 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 4.1 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 7.8 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 6.6 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 7.8 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 8.9 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 14.0 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 11.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 12.5 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 12.6 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 12.6 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 15.8 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.7 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.8 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 15.7 mi
- The Iron Center: 16.0 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 17.6 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 16.1 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 16.1 mi
- Park beach: 16.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 18.0 mi
- Westport Beach: 18.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.6 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 16.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 16.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 16.2 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 5.3 mi
- Tahawus: 13.6 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Hough Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Haystack | WNW 292° | 1,498 m | 6.6 mi |
| Dix Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,473 m | 1.0 mi |
| Basin Mountain | WNW 304° | 1,468 m | 6.5 mi |
| Beck-horn | NNW 333° | 1,455 m | 0.8 mi |
| Gothics | NW 316° | 1,425 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Haystack | WNW 295° | 1,421 m | 6.7 mi |
| Giant Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,410 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NW 314° | 1,401 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:33 | 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, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357565545
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 12 mi
- Crown Point · 19 mi
- Westport · 19 mi
- Essex · 27 mi
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