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Owls Head

Owls Head, seen from above at true elevation

Owls Head rises to 627 m in New York. Big Slide Mountain stands 1,280 m to the south-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Owls Head Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 0.5 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 959687).

Wikidata Q34888220, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
627 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.24866, -73.82209

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 58
  • Weeping Winds: 3.0 mi
  • The Courthouse: 5.1 mi
  • Case Wall: 7.5 mi
  • Crack in the Woods Cliff: 7.6 mi
  • Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 7.6 mi
Parks: 34
  • East Branch Community Trails: 4.3 mi
  • Mid's Park: 8.5 mi
  • Brewster Park: 8.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 8.7 mi
  • Town of Wilmington Beach: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Hulls Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Monument Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Russell Falls: 6.9 mi
  • High Falls (Main): 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 23
Nature reserves: 20
  • Bartlett Primitive Area: 4.1 mi
  • Johns Brook Primitive Area: 5.2 mi
  • Henry's Woods: 8.2 mi
  • Four Peaks Tract: 8.3 mi
  • Heaven Hill Trails: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Mountain Pass Lodge: 5.4 mi
  • Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 5.4 mi
  • Cliffside Coaster: 5.5 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 7.0 mi
  • Skyride: 7.0 mi
Museums: 12
  • Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 8.4 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Adirondack history center museum: 11.6 mi
  • Adirondack History Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Westport Beach: 19.8 mi
  • Port Henry Village Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Beach: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Footbridge Park: 11.3 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 22.8 mi
  • Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 23.0 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 3
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 8.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Owls Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Slide MountainSSW1,280 m5.2 mi
Lower Wolfjaw MountainS1,273 m7.0 mi
Cascade MountainSW1,249 m2.8 mi
Porter MountainSSW1,240 m3.0 mi
Yard MountainSSW1,216 m6.0 mi
Green MountainSE1,203 m7.0 mi
Kilburn MountainNW1,182 m4.8 mi
Sentinel MountainNNW1,174 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:08
June solstice05:1219:5920:43
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:2815:3216:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151826395160646356443221
Precip in3.12.32.93.43.94.84.44.03.94.23.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959687 — Owls Head, Essex County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357575892

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