Little Nippletop
Little Nippletop rises to 1,132 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the north, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is McDonnel Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34924485, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,132 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 13.6 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 23.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 8 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 9 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 9 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McDonnel Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mount Skylight: 1.1 mi
- Allen Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mount Redfield: 1.6 mi
- Mount Haystack: 1.7 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 5.0 mi
- Lost Lookout: 5.7 mi
- Wallface: 6.8 mi
- The Courthouse: 7.3 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 3.7 mi
- Indian Falls: 3.8 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 4.5 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 5.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 5.0 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 13.6 mi
- Mid's Park: 14.5 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 14.6 mi
- Brewster Park: 14.6 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 16.6 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 1.9 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 5.2 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 5.5 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 6.8 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 5.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 9.2 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 9.2 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 9.2 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 11.9 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 6.9 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 7.5 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 11.5 mi
- Henry's Woods: 12.7 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 12.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 14.1 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 18.6 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 18.7 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 19.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.1 mi
- Park beach: 19.1 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 23.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 23.3 mi
- Footbridge Park: 18.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 23.1 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 23.3 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 23.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 18.9 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 21.0 mi
- Tahawus: 6.9 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 11.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 19.3 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Little Nippletop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | N 355° | 1,629 m | 1.9 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | NW 321° | 1,555 m | 5.2 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | N 350° | 1,515 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Haystack | NE 35° | 1,498 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Skylight | NNW 331° | 1,495 m | 1.1 mi |
| Dix Mountain | E 92° | 1,473 m | 6.6 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | NW 313° | 1,472 m | 5.3 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NW 316° | 1,471 m | 5.2 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 955613 — Little Nippletop, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357569371
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 18 mi
- Westport · 25 mi
- Crown Point · 26 mi
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