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.
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
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Pulpit Rock: 3.1 mi
- Moss Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Weeping Winds: 8.6 mi
- Wallface: 11.5 mi
- The Courthouse: 12.8 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 8.9 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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