Lower Wolfjaw Mountain
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain rises to 1,273 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the west-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 30th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,185 feet (1,276 m). It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant named the mountain, in combination with neighboring Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, for their appearance in profile c. 1870. The first recorded ascent of the mountain was made in 1875 by trail guide Ed Phelps. Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is flanked to the southwest by Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, and to the northeast by Hedgehog Mountain. A hike of the entire Great Range crosses over the summit of Lower Wolfjaw. The mountain can also be reached on the ADK Range Trail, which begins at the DEC Interior Outpost on the Phelps Trail. The Phelps Trail begins at the Garden Parking Lot on New York State Route 73 and continues 3.1 miles (5.0 km) to the DEC Interior Outpost. The Range Trail diverges here and continues 2.0 miles (3.2 km) to the notch between Upper and Lower Wolfjaw Mountains. The trail splits between the two summits, and the left fork continues 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the summit of Lower Wolfjaw Mountain. On the northwestern slope of the mountain, there are several rock slides which can be climbed, including the Bennies Root Canal slide and Khyber's slide.
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Wikidata Q6693909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1273 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 17.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 19.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 4 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 4 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Wolfjaw Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Armstrong Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Gothics: 1.8 mi
- Cathedral Rocks: 1.9 mi
- Lost Lookout: 1.5 mi
- The Courthouse: 2.0 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 2.7 mi
- Case Wall: 3.4 mi
- Case Wall: 3.4 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 3.2 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 11.1 mi
- Mid's Park: 12.4 mi
- Brewster Park: 12.4 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 12.5 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 1.4 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 1.5 mi
- Artists Falls: 1.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 2.1 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 2.5 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 2.1 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 5.1 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 7.3 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 1.8 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 8.6 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 10.4 mi
- Henry's Woods: 11.0 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 11.0 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 6.6 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 6.6 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 6.6 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 8.4 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 9.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 12.0 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 12.0 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 12.8 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 12.9 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 19.1 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 12.0 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 20.0 mi
- Westport Beach: 20.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.3 mi
- Park beach: 22.0 mi
- Footbridge Park: 12.6 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.0 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 20.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.2 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 20.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 21.9 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 11.2 mi
- Tahawus: 12.7 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 15.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Lower Wolfjaw Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | WSW 242° | 1,629 m | 5.1 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | WSW 241° | 1,515 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Haystack | SW 229° | 1,498 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Skylight | SW 235° | 1,495 m | 5.9 mi |
| Dix Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,473 m | 5.1 mi |
| Basin Mountain | SW 235° | 1,468 m | 3.2 mi |
| Gray Peak | WSW 244° | 1,463 m | 5.7 mi |
| Beck-horn | SSE 153° | 1,455 m | 5.3 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 | 15:32 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357569866
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 12 mi
- Westport · 20 mi
- Crown Point · 24 mi
- Essex · 26 mi
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