Nippletop Mountain
Nippletop Mountain rises to 900 m in New York. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Niagara Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 7.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34885727, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 900 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 14.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 14.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 22.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 10 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 11 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 11 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Niagara Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Marsh Pond Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Camel Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Camels Hump: 1.8 mi
- Old Far Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 3.4 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 6.5 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 8.5 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 6.3 mi
- Schroon Falls: 6.4 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 8.2 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 8.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 9.5 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 9.4 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Bandstand: 10.9 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 11.9 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 3.4 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 9.8 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 13.2 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 16.1 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 3.7 mi
- Bandstand Park: 10.9 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 12.7 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 16.0 mi
- Courtney Park: 17.7 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 11.8 mi
- The Iron Center: 15.1 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 16.4 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 16.7 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 17.4 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 15.6 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 17.6 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 17.7 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 17.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 17.8 mi
- Park beach: 10.9 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 15.0 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 15.4 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 20.5 mi
- Westport Beach: 20.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 15.0 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 15.0 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 15.5 mi
- Footbridge Park: 17.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 2.8 mi
- Tahawus: 15.4 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Nippletop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,473 m | 6.4 mi |
| Beck-horn | NNW 345° | 1,455 m | 6.3 mi |
| Nippletop | NNW 335° | 1,393 m | 7.4 mi |
| Hough Peak | NNW 347° | 1,341 m | 5.5 mi |
| Macomb Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,336 m | 4.3 mi |
| South Dix | NNW 347° | 1,242 m | 4.8 mi |
| Grace Peak | N 357° | 1,227 m | 5.0 mi |
| Boreas Mountain | W 277° | 1,152 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357573665
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 16 mi
- Elizabethtown · 16 mi
- Westport · 21 mi
- Lake George · 28 mi
- Essex · 30 mi
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