Oak Hill
Oak Hill rises to 543 m in New York. Giant Mountain stands 1,410 m to the south-southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Baxter Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 959114).
Wikidata Q34887016, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 543 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 9.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 23.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 3 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 4 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 4 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baxter Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Round Top: 0.6 mi
- Flat Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Tripod Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Spread Eagle Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Case Wall: 4.3 mi
- Crack in the Woods Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 4.4 mi
- The Courthouse: 4.6 mi
- Dregs Wall: 4.6 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 6.6 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 10.7 mi
- Milholland Park: 11.1 mi
- The Covered Bridge: 11.3 mi
- Mid's Park: 12.2 mi
- Hulls Falls: 2.2 mi
- Russell Falls: 4.1 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 4.2 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.3 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 7.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 10.4 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 10.5 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 4.3 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 6.9 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 8.1 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 10.5 mi
- Henry's Woods: 11.5 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 7.8 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 7.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 7.9 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 10.3 mi
- Skyride: 10.3 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 8.6 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 8.6 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 12.0 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 12.0 mi
- The Iron Center: 19.2 mi
- Footbridge Park: 8.3 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 19.0 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 19.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 19.5 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 11.9 mi
- Westport Beach: 16.6 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 19.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 19.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 12.4 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 14.0 mi
- Tahawus: 18.0 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Oak Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,410 m | 4.1 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | SE 143° | 1,338 m | 4.9 mi |
| Upper Wolfjaw Mountain | SW 219° | 1,281 m | 6.3 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,280 m | 5.6 mi |
| Lower Wolfjaw Mountain | SW 218° | 1,273 m | 5.5 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | W 276° | 1,249 m | 4.7 mi |
| Porter Mountain | W 271° | 1,240 m | 4.4 mi |
| Yard Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,216 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 | 05:12 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:32 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357574712
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 9 mi
- Westport · 16 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
- Crown Point · 24 mi
- Charlotte · 27 mi
- Shelburne · 29 mi
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