Lyon Mountain
Lyon Mountain rises to 1,167 m in New York. Averill Peak stands 1,159 m to the southwest, 1.1 miles off. Military Trail passes 13 miles off.
The story
Lyon Mountain is a 3,820 ft (1,160 m) mountain located in Clinton County, New York, the county's high point. It is named for Nathaniel Lyon, an early settler of the area who moved from Vermont in 1803 and died circa 1850. The mountain is within New York's Adirondack Park. Lyon Mountain Mountain Fire Observation Station, built in 1917, still stands atop the mountain, and can be accessed by hikers.
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Wikidata Q3321929, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,167 m
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Military Trail
- 20.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 20.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 20.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Whirlpool Basin Overlook · 23 mi
- Sentry Box Overlook · 23 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 23 mi
- Pulpit Rock Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Averill Peak: 1.1 mi
- Brushy Knob: 1.2 mi
- Haystack Knob: 3.5 mi
- Birch Hill: 4.1 mi
- Parsons Knob: 4.2 mi
- Picketts Corner Park: 7.1 mi
- Cadyville Recreation Park: 12.2 mi
- Miner Lake State Park: 14.7 mi
- LaPierre Lane Riverway Park: 15.1 mi
- East Morrisonville Park: 15.4 mi
- Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Burnt Hill State Forest: 10.0 mi
- Moon Pond State Forest: 10.8 mi
- Cadyville State Forest: 11.3 mi
- Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 13.2 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 18.7 mi
- Rockwell Kent Collection: 19.5 mi
- Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 19.6 mi
- Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 19.6 mi
- Kent-Delord House Museum: 20.5 mi
- High Falls: 15.1 mi
- Flume Falls: 23.3 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 23.3 mi
- The Flume Fall: 23.3 mi
- Alice Falls: 23.5 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 20.1 mi
- Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 20.1 mi
- Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 20.2 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 20.3 mi
- First Building: 20.4 mi
- Airplane: 20.6 mi
- Ausable Chasm: 23.4 mi
- Potholes: 24.5 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 24.5 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 24.5 mi
- summit fliff: 13.2 mi
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 13.3 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Great Wall: 23.2 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 7.1 mi
- Plattsburgh City Beach: 21.3 mi
- Amite Sculpture: 19.6 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 23.5 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 20.8 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Lyon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Averill Peak | SW 227° | 1,159 m | 1.1 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SSE 162° | 885 m | 1.2 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SW 236° | 881 m | 8.0 mi |
| Norton Peak | SW 228° | 876 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ragged Lake Mountain | W 272° | 832 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 255° | 831 m | 13.6 mi |
| W Mountain | W 263° | 825 m | 9.6 mi |
| Duncan Mountain | SSW 193° | 825 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:30 | 16:18 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 956195 — Lyon Mountain, Clinton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357569977
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