Mount Jo
Mount Jo rises to 877 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the south-southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Whales Tail Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 3.7 miles off. 244 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Jo is a 2,832-foot-tall (863 m) mountain in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is in North Elba, New York on land owned by the Adirondack Mountain Club. The Adirondack Loj and Heart Lake are at the foot of Mount Jo. There are two trails that lead to its summit. A steep but short and relatively easy hike compared to other mountains in the area, the Mountain offers great views of the High Peaks region, including Cascade Mountain, Mount Marcy, Algonquin Peak, Mount Colden and Indian Pass. It is near Heart Lake in North Elba. The climb offers one of the best views for the effort (a 710-foot (220 m) vertical ascent from the Loj – actual trail distance is approximately 2.6 miles roundtrip), with a sweeping vista of the Great Range of the Adirondacks. It is seven miles (11 km) south of Lake Placid. The mountain was named in 1877 by Henry Van Hovenberg, who built the original Adirondack Loj, for his fiancée Josephine Schofield, who died shortly before they were to have been married.
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Wikidata Q14707023, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 877 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 6.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 17.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 17.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
244 named places within 25 miles
- Whales Tail Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mount Van Hoevenberg: 2.4 mi
- Wright Peak: 2.7 mi
- Nye Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Wallface: 4.9 mi
- Weeping Winds: 5.6 mi
- The Courthouse: 6.2 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 8.3 mi
- Rocky Falls: 2.0 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 2.2 mi
- Indian Falls: 3.9 mi
- Wanika Falls: 4.4 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 5.2 mi
- Mid's Park: 7.0 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 7.1 mi
- Brewster Park: 7.1 mi
- Baldwin Park: 11.6 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 12.0 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 2.7 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 4.4 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 4.6 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 5.1 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 5.3 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 2.9 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 3.0 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 3.0 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 4.3 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 4.4 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 4.0 mi
- Henry's Woods: 5.2 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 6.6 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 8.1 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 11.3 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 6.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 6.6 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 12.4 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 12.5 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 18.7 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 13.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.0 mi
- Goolds Garden: 22.1 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 6.6 mi
- Tahawus: 10.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 12.6 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 17.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Jo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | SSE 158° | 1,629 m | 5.7 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | SSW 197° | 1,555 m | 3.3 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | SSE 160° | 1,515 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Haystack | SSE 150° | 1,498 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Skylight | SSE 164° | 1,495 m | 6.5 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | SSW 203° | 1,472 m | 3.9 mi |
| Boundary Peak | SSW 201° | 1,471 m | 3.7 mi |
| Basin Mountain | SE 140° | 1,468 m | 6.2 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 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357566761
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