Moose Mountain
Moose Mountain rises to 823 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the north, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Panorama Bluff, a cliff 1.8 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 957627).
Wikidata Q34879690, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 823 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 10.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 16.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 24.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 11 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 11 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 11 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Allen Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cheney Cobble: 2.2 mi
- McDonnel Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Little Nippletop: 2.8 mi
- Pinnacle: 3.0 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- Lost Lookout: 7.6 mi
- Wallface: 8.7 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 5.3 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 6.3 mi
- Indian Falls: 6.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 6.9 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 7.3 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 11.7 mi
- Bandstand Park: 16.5 mi
- Mid's Park: 17.3 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 17.3 mi
- Brewster Park: 17.4 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 4.7 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 7.0 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 7.1 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 7.2 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 12.0 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 12.0 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 12.1 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 13.9 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 7.6 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 10.0 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 11.8 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 13.8 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 14.2 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 16.9 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 16.9 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 20.2 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 20.3 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 20.9 mi
- Park beach: 16.5 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 16.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 23.1 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 23.2 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 24.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 20.0 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 23.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 23.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 23.3 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 23.4 mi
- Tahawus: 6.4 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 22.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Moose Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | N 359° | 1,629 m | 4.7 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | NNW 335° | 1,555 m | 7.6 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | N 357° | 1,515 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Haystack | NNE 14° | 1,498 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Skylight | N 353° | 1,495 m | 3.8 mi |
| Dix Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,473 m | 7.2 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | NNW 329° | 1,472 m | 7.4 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NNW 332° | 1,471 m | 7.5 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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357572012
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 19 mi
- Crown Point · 25 mi
- Westport · 26 mi
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