Old Far Mountain
Old Far Mountain rises to 713 m in New York. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Far Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34887534, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 713 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 16.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 22.0 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 9 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 9 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 9 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Far Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Jug Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Camel Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Camels Hump: 1.3 mi
- Buck Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 4.3 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 4.7 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 6.4 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 7.2 mi
- Sunshine City: 7.8 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 4.9 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 6.5 mi
- The Falls: 6.9 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 7.6 mi
- Schroon Falls: 8.1 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 8.7 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 12.0 mi
- Bandstand: 12.6 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 5.3 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 9.5 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 10.6 mi
- Bandstand Park: 12.6 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 14.4 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 4.9 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 7.7 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 12.3 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 15.1 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 15.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 17.1 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 17.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 17.2 mi
- Nature preserve: 18.2 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 11.3 mi
- The Iron Center: 13.3 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 14.7 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 15.1 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 15.3 mi
- Park beach: 12.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 13.4 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 13.6 mi
- Westport Beach: 18.5 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 20.5 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 13.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 13.3 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 13.7 mi
- Footbridge Park: 15.3 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 20.7 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 20.7 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 0.9 mi
- Tahawus: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Old Far Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | NW 326° | 1,473 m | 5.5 mi |
| Beck-horn | NW 325° | 1,455 m | 5.4 mi |
| Nippletop | NW 318° | 1,393 m | 6.8 mi |
| Hough Peak | NW 324° | 1,341 m | 4.6 mi |
| Macomb Mountain | NW 311° | 1,336 m | 3.7 mi |
| South Dix | NW 320° | 1,242 m | 3.9 mi |
| Grace Peak | NNW 334° | 1,227 m | 3.8 mi |
| Dial Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,215 m | 7.2 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 | 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, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357575152
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Crown Point · 15 mi
- Westport · 18 mi
- Essex · 27 mi
- Lake George · 29 mi
- Middlebury · 29 mi
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