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. 236 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
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
- 1,180 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
236 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 25 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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