Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain rises to 1,242 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the southwest, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Esther Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34925828, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1242 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 8.2 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 16.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 20.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Esther Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Whiteface Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Marble Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Whiteface Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 1.6 mi
- Moss Cliff: 3.2 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 6.2 mi
- Great Wall: 6.2 mi
- Weeping Winds: 9.4 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 3.2 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 3.2 mi
- Wilmington Heritage Park: 3.6 mi
- Wilmington Bike Park: 3.7 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 7.1 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 1.7 mi
- Lower Stag Brook Falls: 2.0 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 2.1 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 2.1 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 2.1 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 5.8 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 6.3 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Henry's Woods: 9.3 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 6.0 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 6.7 mi
- World War Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Potholes: 2.1 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 2.1 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 2.1 mi
- Master Pothole: 2.1 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 2.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 8.0 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 8.1 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 12.1 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 12.5 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 13.5 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 12.7 mi
- Goolds Garden: 18.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 18.4 mi
- Footbridge Park: 18.1 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 1.0 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 8.0 mi
- Tahawus: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Lookout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | SW 222° | 1,466 m | 1.1 mi |
| Esther Mountain | N 351° | 1,293 m | 0.7 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | S 177° | 1,182 m | 5.2 mi |
| Moose Mountain | WSW 252° | 1,180 m | 6.0 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | SSE 161° | 1,174 m | 5.2 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,165 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | S 188° | 1,111 m | 1.5 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,104 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:32 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 955955 — Lookout Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357569683
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 19 mi
- Westport · 26 mi
- Essex · 27 mi
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