Mount Colvin
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Mount Colvin rises to 1,235 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the west-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairy Ladder Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Mount Colvin is the 39th highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains in the U.S. State of New York. Mount Colvin offers excellent views of a number of other Adirondack High Peaks, most notably the peaks that comprise the Great Range. High Peaks that are readily visible from Colvin include Giant, Rocky Peak Ridge, Upper Wolfjaw, Lower Wolfjaw, Armstrong, Sawteeth, Gothics, Saddleback, Basin, Tabletop, Marcy, Haystack, Redfield, Allen, Nippletop, Dial and Blake. The mountain is named after Verplanck Colvin, an explorer of the Adirondacks and the director of the survey which mapped the region. Originally named Mount Sabele and unknown to Colvin, he deferred to a survey team member to name it. The member chose Mount Colvin to honor his leader.
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Wikidata Q6920213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,235 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 14.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 14.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 18.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 5 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 5 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nippletop: 1.0 mi
- Blake Peak: 1.0 mi
- Sawteeth-Southeast Peak: 1.3 mi
- Indian Head: 1.5 mi
- Sawteeth: 1.6 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 1.2 mi
- Lost Lookout: 2.4 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 5.1 mi
- Case Wall: 5.1 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 0.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.7 mi
- Artists Falls: 2.6 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 2.6 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 3.1 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 11.7 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 14.8 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 14.8 mi
- Mid's Park: 15.4 mi
- Brewster Park: 15.5 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 1.7 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 4.6 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 8.3 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 5.5 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 8.6 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 11.1 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 11.5 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 13.0 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 8.6 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 9.6 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 9.6 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 9.6 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 12.9 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 14.7 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 14.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 15.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 15.1 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 19.0 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 15.0 mi
- Park beach: 18.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 19.1 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 19.2 mi
- Westport Beach: 20.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 14.5 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 19.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 19.2 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 19.2 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 23.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
- Tahawus: 11.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Mount Colvin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | WNW 286° | 1,629 m | 4.6 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | WNW 284° | 1,515 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Haystack | WNW 284° | 1,498 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Skylight | W 274° | 1,495 m | 4.8 mi |
| Dix Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,473 m | 2.5 mi |
| Basin Mountain | NW 306° | 1,468 m | 3.2 mi |
| Gray Peak | WNW 283° | 1,463 m | 5.2 mi |
| Beck-horn | ESE 112° | 1,455 m | 2.7 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 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:33 | 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357554870
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Westport · 21 mi
- Crown Point · 22 mi
- Essex · 28 mi
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