North River Mountains
North River Mountains rises to 879 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the north-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rist Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34886303, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 879 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 15.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 20.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 17.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 11 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 15 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 15 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rist Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Guideboard Hill: 2.8 mi
- Cheney Cobble: 2.9 mi
- Sanford Hill: 3.0 mi
- Howard Hill: 3.9 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Wallface: 8.4 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 11.2 mi
- Lost Lookout: 12.0 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 5.9 mi
- Indian Falls: 9.4 mi
- Indian Falls: 9.4 mi
- The Falls: 9.7 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 9.9 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 14.6 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 15.1 mi
- Courtney Park: 17.5 mi
- Bandstand Park: 17.7 mi
- Mid's Park: 18.8 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 7.8 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.2 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.2 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 14.5 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 14.5 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 4.8 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 7.8 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Pendleton: 10.7 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 5.7 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 13.9 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 14.8 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 15.6 mi
- Henry's Woods: 17.0 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 18.4 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 18.5 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 21.8 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 22.2 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 22.4 mi
- Park beach: 17.7 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 18.5 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 22.5 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 24.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 23.5 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 19.4 mi
- Rafting: 21.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 24.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 24.6 mi
- Tahawus: 3.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of North River Mountains. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | NNE 33° | 1,629 m | 7.8 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | N 7° | 1,555 m | 8.8 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | NNE 33° | 1,515 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Haystack | NE 42° | 1,498 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Skylight | NE 35° | 1,495 m | 6.9 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | N 4° | 1,472 m | 8.2 mi |
| Boundary Peak | N 5° | 1,471 m | 8.5 mi |
| Basin Mountain | NE 41° | 1,468 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:34 | 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 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357574310
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 24 mi
- Crown Point · 29 mi
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