Jackson Hill
Jackson Hill rises to 635 m in New York. Giant Mountain stands 1,410 m to the south-southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Corliss Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34875768, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 635 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 8.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 25.2 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 7 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Corliss Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Little Crow Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Chase Mountain: 1.3 mi
- East Hill: 1.3 mi
- Big Crow Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Weeping Winds: 6.6 mi
- The Courthouse: 6.8 mi
- Case Wall: 6.9 mi
- Crack in the Woods Cliff: 6.9 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 7.0 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 4.4 mi
- The Covered Bridge: 8.7 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 9.4 mi
- Milholland Park: 9.6 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 10.2 mi
- Hulls Falls: 2.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 6.7 mi
- Russell Falls: 6.8 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 7.6 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 8.3 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 9.7 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 10.7 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 5.0 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 6.6 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 8.1 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 9.8 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 8.8 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 8.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 8.9 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 9.3 mi
- Master Pothole: 9.3 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 8.1 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 8.1 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 11.9 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 11.9 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 19.4 mi
- Footbridge Park: 7.7 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 20.0 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.6 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 11.8 mi
- Westport Beach: 16.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 20.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.6 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 10.8 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 16.3 mi
- Tahawus: 20.2 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 20.5 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Jackson Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,410 m | 6.1 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | WSW 250° | 1,249 m | 5.8 mi |
| Porter Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,240 m | 5.7 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,203 m | 4.8 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | NW 308° | 1,174 m | 6.5 mi |
| Third Brother | SW 230° | 1,134 m | 6.5 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,121 m | 2.1 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | NE 51° | 1,102 m | 5.2 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 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:32 | 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 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357596196
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 9 mi
- Westport · 16 mi
- Essex · 20 mi
- Charlotte · 26 mi
- Crown Point · 26 mi
- Shelburne · 28 mi
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