Moose Mountain
Moose Mountain rises to 1,180 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the east-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is McKenzie Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America; geonames ID = 5127446
Wikidata Q34879714, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1180 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 5.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.3 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 26.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- McKenzie Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Mount Tamarac: 1.9 mi
- Mount Colburn: 2.2 mi
- Slide Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mount Alton: 2.3 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 3.3 mi
- Moss Cliff: 4.3 mi
- Weeping Winds: 9.7 mi
- Great Wall: 12.1 mi
- The Courthouse: 14.4 mi
- Monument Falls: 5.1 mi
- High Falls (Main): 6.3 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 6.4 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 6.4 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 6.4 mi
- Brewster Park: 4.2 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 4.2 mi
- Mid's Park: 4.3 mi
- Denny Park: 6.2 mi
- Triangle Park: 6.2 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 4.6 mi
- World War Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 5.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 6.0 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 5.5 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 6.2 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 6.4 mi
- Master Pothole: 6.4 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 6.4 mi
- Henry's Woods: 6.1 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 7.4 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 10.1 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 11.5 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 4.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 4.7 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 6.1 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 6.5 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 11.2 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 6.8 mi
- Goolds Garden: 13.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 13.6 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 4.7 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 5.4 mi
- Tahawus: 20.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Moose Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,466 m | 5.1 mi |
| Esther Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,293 m | 6.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,242 m | 6.0 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,182 m | 6.8 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,174 m | 8.1 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | SW 235° | 1,165 m | 1.7 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | E 86° | 1,111 m | 5.5 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,104 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 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 970364 — Moose Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357596298
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