Little Haystack
Little Haystack rises to 1,421 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the west, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Haystack, a peak 0.3 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34826557, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1421 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 12.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 13.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 24.0 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 8 mi
- Cascade Mountain · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Haystack: 0.3 mi
- Little Marcy: 0.8 mi
- Basin Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mount Marcy: 1.2 mi
- Schofield Cobble: 1.3 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 3.8 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Lost Lookout: 4.0 mi
- The Courthouse: 5.3 mi
- Wallface: 7.0 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 7.1 mi
- Mid's Park: 13.1 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 13.2 mi
- Brewster Park: 13.2 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 14.3 mi
- Indian Falls: 2.5 mi
- Indian Falls: 2.5 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 2.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.6 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 4.0 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 1.2 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 3.8 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 4.9 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 5.2 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 7.5 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 7.5 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 7.5 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 10.5 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 5.5 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 8.0 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 10.3 mi
- Henry's Woods: 11.4 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 11.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 12.7 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 12.7 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 17.0 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 17.0 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 18.8 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 12.7 mi
- Park beach: 20.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 22.5 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 22.7 mi
- Westport Beach: 23.7 mi
- Footbridge Park: 16.7 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 22.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 22.6 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 22.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 20.1 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 20.2 mi
- Tahawus: 8.5 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 11.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Little Haystack. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | W 278° | 1,629 m | 1.2 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | WNW 298° | 1,555 m | 4.8 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | W 270° | 1,515 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Haystack | S 179° | 1,498 m | 0.3 mi |
| Mount Skylight | WSW 243° | 1,495 m | 1.7 mi |
| Dix Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,473 m | 6.0 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | WNW 291° | 1,472 m | 5.2 mi |
| Boundary Peak | WNW 294° | 1,471 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 | 19:59 | 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 | 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/357569318
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 16 mi
- Westport · 24 mi
- Crown Point · 26 mi
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