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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: 60
  • Weeping Winds: 3.0 mi
  • The Courthouse: 5.1 mi
  • Case Wall: 7.5 mi
  • Case Wall: 7.5 mi
  • Crack in the Woods Cliff: 7.6 mi
Parks: 37
  • East Branch Community Trails: 4.3 mi
  • Indian Head Trailhead: 7.3 mi
  • Mid's Park: 8.5 mi
  • Brewster Park: 8.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • 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: 22
  • 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 MountainSSW 208°1,280 m5.2 mi
Lower Wolfjaw MountainS 184°1,273 m7.0 mi
Cascade MountainSW 222°1,249 m2.8 mi
Porter MountainSSW 212°1,240 m3.0 mi
Yard MountainSSW 211°1,216 m6.0 mi
Green MountainSE 131°1,203 m7.0 mi
Kilburn MountainNW 322°1,182 m4.8 mi
Sentinel MountainNNW 339°1,174 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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