Little John Mountain
Little John Mountain rises to 860 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the east-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hennessy Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 228 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34826638, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 860 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 3.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 10.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 23.7 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
228 named places within 25 miles
- Pulpit Rock: 3.1 mi
- Moss Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Weeping Winds: 8.6 mi
- Wallface: 11.5 mi
- The Courthouse: 12.8 mi
- Hennessy Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Big Burn Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Little Burn Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mount Colburn: 1.3 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Monument Falls: 5.8 mi
- Wanika Falls: 7.4 mi
- High Falls (Main): 8.3 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 8.3 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 8.4 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 2.4 mi
- Brewster Park: 2.5 mi
- Mid's Park: 2.5 mi
- Baldwin Park: 4.5 mi
- Prescott Park: 4.7 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 2.7 mi
- World War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 3.7 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 4.4 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 4.7 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 3.2 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 4.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 4.7 mi
- Skyride: 4.7 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 4.7 mi
- Henry's Woods: 3.6 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 4.6 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 11.1 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 12.4 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 13.3 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 2.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 2.7 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 4.9 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 5.1 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 13.7 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 6.1 mi
- Goolds Garden: 14.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.1 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 22.1 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 2.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 7.9 mi
- Tahawus: 17.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little John Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | ENE 56° | 1,466 m | 7.6 mi |
| Nye Mountain | S 177° | 1,271 m | 8.1 mi |
| Street Mountain | S 179° | 1,265 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 54° | 1,242 m | 8.7 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | E 91° | 1,182 m | 7.4 mi |
| Moose Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,180 m | 3.5 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | E 89° | 1,174 m | 8.9 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | N 359° | 1,165 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357569344
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