Owls Head
Owls Head rises to 793 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the east-southeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 959688)
Wikidata Q34888233, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 793 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 7.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 12.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 24.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 0.5 mi
- Mount Alton: 1.2 mi
- Shed Hill: 1.5 mi
- Knapp Hill: 1.5 mi
- Moss Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 5.4 mi
- Great Wall: 10.5 mi
- Weeping Winds: 11.1 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
- High Falls (Main): 5.5 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 5.6 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 5.6 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 5.6 mi
- Brewster Park: 6.7 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 6.8 mi
- Mid's Park: 6.8 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 7.4 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 7.4 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 7.1 mi
- World War Memorial: 7.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 8.5 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 5.5 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 5.5 mi
- Master Pothole: 5.6 mi
- Potholes: 5.6 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 5.6 mi
- Henry's Woods: 8.7 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 9.9 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 10.0 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 10.1 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 7.2 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 7.2 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 8.5 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 8.9 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 9.9 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 8.9 mi
- Goolds Garden: 13.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 4.1 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 7.2 mi
- Footbridge Park: 21.9 mi
- Tahawus: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Owls Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,466 m | 3.8 mi |
| Esther Mountain | E 91° | 1,293 m | 4.1 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 100° | 1,242 m | 4.2 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | SE 143° | 1,182 m | 7.4 mi |
| Moose Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,180 m | 3.0 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | SE 134° | 1,174 m | 8.2 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | SW 219° | 1,165 m | 4.7 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,111 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357575895
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- Elizabethtown · 23 mi
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