Mount Alton
Mount Alton rises to 974 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the east, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigeon Roost, a peak 0.7 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34880458, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 974 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 6.5 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.0 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 24.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pigeon Roost: 0.7 mi
- Owls Head: 1.2 mi
- Blue Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Eagle Eyrie: 1.6 mi
- Robertson Hill: 2.1 mi
- Moss Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 4.3 mi
- Weeping Winds: 9.9 mi
- Great Wall: 10.1 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 12.4 mi
- High Falls (Main): 4.8 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 4.8 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 4.8 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 4.8 mi
- Monument Falls: 4.9 mi
- Brewster Park: 5.6 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 5.7 mi
- Mid's Park: 5.7 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 7.1 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 7.1 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 6.0 mi
- World War Memorial: 6.0 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 7.4 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 4.7 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 4.8 mi
- Master Pothole: 4.8 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 4.8 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 4.8 mi
- Henry's Woods: 7.6 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 9.0 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 9.0 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 9.6 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 6.1 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 6.1 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 8.3 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 8.6 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 11.0 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 8.8 mi
- Goolds Garden: 14.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 3.5 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 6.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 21.1 mi
- Tahawus: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Mount Alton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | E 97° | 1,466 m | 3.2 mi |
| Esther Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,293 m | 3.9 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 84° | 1,242 m | 3.9 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | SE 139° | 1,182 m | 6.3 mi |
| Moose Mountain | SW 231° | 1,180 m | 2.3 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | SE 129° | 1,174 m | 7.2 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | SW 233° | 1,165 m | 4.1 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,111 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 942403 — Mount Alton, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357544757
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 22 mi
- Westport · 29 mi
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