Owls Head
Owls Head rises to 380 m in New York. Hoffman Mountain stands 1,129 m to the west-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34888207, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 380 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 14.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 17.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 15 mi
- limited view southeast · 19 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 19 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gull Pond Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 5.6 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Campground Wall: 13.2 mi
- Rogers Slide: 13.4 mi
- Sugar Hill: 0.8 mi
- Wilson Hill: 1.5 mi
- Gooseberry Hill: 1.5 mi
- Plank Bridge Hill: 1.8 mi
- Carey Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bandstand Park: 2.9 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 5.2 mi
- Courtney Park: 12.3 mi
- Rogers Rock Campground Entrance: 12.7 mi
- Town of Horicon: 13.3 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 5.5 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 8.9 mi
- Bald Ledge Primitive Area: 10.3 mi
- Lake George Land Conservancy: 13.5 mi
- Cook mountain: 14.4 mi
- Schroon Falls: 2.7 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 15.0 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 15.1 mi
- Uncas Falls: 16.2 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 16.9 mi
- Bandstand: 2.9 mi
- Liberty Monument: 14.3 mi
- Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Meacham House: 17.6 mi
- Gage's Redoubt: 18.1 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 16.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 17.6 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 17.9 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 18.5 mi
- Picnic Island: 18.9 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 10.0 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 12.9 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 15.0 mi
- Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum: 17.1 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 17.5 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 10.5 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 17.6 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 20.9 mi
- Nature preserve: 22.4 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 23.0 mi
- Park beach: 3.0 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 13.9 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 14.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 17.7 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 18.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.8 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 10.3 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 18.5 mi
- Tahawus: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Owls Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,129 m | 5.7 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | NW 312° | 1,052 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pharaoh Mountain | SE 136° | 772 m | 4.5 mi |
| Pharoah Mountain | SE 136° | 772 m | 4.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NW 321° | 692 m | 6.4 mi |
| Treadway Mountain | ESE 113° | 684 m | 5.5 mi |
| Wyman Hill | NW 323° | 671 m | 4.7 mi |
| Beech Hill | WSW 243° | 664 m | 6.6 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 | 19:57 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:33 | 16:21 |
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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959686 — Owls Head, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357575888
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 15 mi
- Lake George · 19 mi
- Elizabethtown · 23 mi
- Westport · 26 mi
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