Nye Mountain
Nye Mountain rises to 1,271 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Nye Mountain - North Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Nye Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, named after William B. Nye (c.1815–1893), an Adirondack mountain guide. Nye Mountain is part of the Street Range of the Adirondack Mountains; it is flanked to the southwest by Street Mountain. Nye Mountain stands within the watershed of the West Branch of the Ausable River, which drains into Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The west side of Nye Mtn. drains into the headwaters of the Chubb River, thence into the West Branch. The north end of Nye Mtn. drains into the Chubb River. The east side of Nye Mtn. drains into the northern Indian Pass Brook, thence into the Ausable's West Branch. Nye Mountain is within New York's Adirondack Park. According to the 1901 USGS survey, Nye Mountain's elevation was 4,170 ft (1,271 m), and its peak was 540 ft (165 m) above the col separating it from Street Mountain — more than the 4,000 ft (1,200 m) of elevation and 300 ft (91 m) of prominence needed to qualify for inclusion on the list of the Adirondack High Peaks. However, the 1953 survey measured the elevation to be only 3,895 ft (1,187 m). The 1999 survey measured the nominal summit at 44.18726°N 74.02382°W / 44.18726; -74.02382 to be only 1,170–1,180 m (3,839–3,871 ft) — less than a point 0.4 mi (0.6 km) south along the ridge to Street. Although Nye and three other mountains are no longer thought to meet the Adirondack Mountain Club's qualifications for the list of High Peaks, the club has chosen to keep the traditional list of peaks, without updating.
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Wikidata Q7071055, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1271 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 6.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 16.1 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 16.1 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Nye Mountain - North Peak: 0.4 mi
- Street Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Street Mountain - West Peak: 1.1 mi
- Lost Pond Peak: 1.7 mi
- Three Peaks: 2.3 mi
- Wallface: 3.4 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Weeping Winds: 8.0 mi
- The Courthouse: 8.9 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 8.9 mi
- Mid's Park: 7.4 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 7.4 mi
- Brewster Park: 7.5 mi
- Baldwin Park: 10.1 mi
- Prescott Park: 10.6 mi
- Rocky Falls: 1.6 mi
- Wanika Falls: 1.7 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 2.9 mi
- Indian Falls: 5.7 mi
- Indian Falls: 5.7 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 4.0 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 5.2 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 5.4 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 5.5 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 5.5 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 1.9 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 3.3 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 5.2 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 5.8 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 4.1 mi
- Henry's Woods: 5.6 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 6.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 9.4 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 12.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 7.0 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 7.0 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 11.0 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 11.1 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 20.7 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 12.3 mi
- Peace Garden: 20.5 mi
- Goolds Garden: 20.7 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 7.0 mi
- Tahawus: 9.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 13.8 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 19.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Nye Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | SE 136° | 1,629 m | 7.1 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | SSE 149° | 1,555 m | 3.5 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | SE 138° | 1,515 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Skylight | SE 143° | 1,495 m | 7.6 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | SSE 160° | 1,472 m | 3.7 mi |
| Boundary Peak | SSE 156° | 1,471 m | 3.6 mi |
| Gray Peak | SE 140° | 1,463 m | 6.8 mi |
| Little Marcy | SE 130° | 1,438 m | 7.3 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 | 20:00 | 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.
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