Lightning Hill
Lightning Hill rises to 846 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle, a peak 1.9 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34826046, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 846 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 10.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 18.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 19.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 10 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 10 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 10 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinnacle: 1.9 mi
- Boreas Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Otis Ledge: 2.6 mi
- Cy Beedes Ledge: 2.9 mi
- Wolf Pond Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Lost Lookout: 7.0 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 8.8 mi
- King Wall: 9.0 mi
- The Falls: 3.6 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 5.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 6.3 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 6.6 mi
- Artists Falls: 7.1 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 9.4 mi
- Bandstand Park: 14.4 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 16.6 mi
- Courtney Park: 18.2 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 6.3 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 6.5 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 8.3 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 8.9 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 10.3 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 9.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 13.4 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 13.4 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 13.4 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 16.4 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 8.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 10.0 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 10.7 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 11.5 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 17.7 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 18.5 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 18.6 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 18.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 18.6 mi
- Park beach: 14.4 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 18.5 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.1 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 20.2 mi
- Westport Beach: 23.7 mi
- Footbridge Park: 18.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 20.3 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 7.8 mi
- Tahawus: 9.6 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 14.3 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 22.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Lightning Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | NNW 331° | 1,629 m | 6.5 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | NNW 329° | 1,515 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Haystack | NNW 339° | 1,498 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Skylight | NW 324° | 1,495 m | 5.9 mi |
| Dix Mountain | NE 46° | 1,473 m | 5.1 mi |
| Basin Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,468 m | 6.4 mi |
| Gray Peak | NW 326° | 1,463 m | 6.7 mi |
| Beck-horn | NE 48° | 1,455 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:33 | 16:21 |
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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357569029
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 17 mi
- Crown Point · 22 mi
- Westport · 24 mi
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