Knapp Hill
Knapp Hill rises to 711 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Shed Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q49042084, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 711 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 9.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 23.3 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Shed Hill: 0.4 mi
- Morris Hill: 1.1 mi
- Blue Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Robertson Hill: 1.3 mi
- Hatton Hill: 1.4 mi
- Moss Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 6.8 mi
- Great Wall: 10.0 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 10.2 mi
- summit fliff: 10.4 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 6.9 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 6.9 mi
- Wilmington Heritage Park: 7.2 mi
- Wilmington Bike Park: 7.3 mi
- Brewster Park: 8.1 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 5.7 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 5.9 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 5.9 mi
- High Falls (Main): 5.9 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 5.9 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 4.0 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 8.6 mi
- World War Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 9.9 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 5.8 mi
- Potholes: 5.9 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 5.9 mi
- Master Pothole: 5.9 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 5.9 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 9.8 mi
- Henry's Woods: 10.1 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 10.3 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 8.6 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 8.7 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 9.4 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 9.7 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 10.1 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 10.0 mi
- Goolds Garden: 14.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 8.6 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 24.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 4.3 mi
- Footbridge Park: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Knapp Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | SE 137° | 1,466 m | 4.0 mi |
| Esther Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,293 m | 3.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,242 m | 4.1 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,182 m | 8.2 mi |
| Moose Mountain | SSW 209° | 1,180 m | 4.5 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | SW 216° | 1,165 m | 6.1 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | SE 137° | 1,111 m | 4.9 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | SE 138° | 1,104 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 954761 — Knapp Hill, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357568259
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