Panther Peak
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Panther Peak rises to 1,358 m in New York. Algonquin Peak stands 1,555 m to the east-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Santanoni Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Panther Peak is a mountain in the Santanoni Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 18th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,714 feet (1,437 m). It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County, inside Adirondack Park. The mountain is named after the panthers which were once native to the region. The name "Panther Peak" was in use by 1840, but originally referred to a different mountain now known as Mount Henderson. By 1904, the name had been transferred to the present Panther Peak. The earliest recorded ascent was also made in 1904 by surveyor Daniel Lynch. The mountain is flanked by two other High Peaks in the Santanoni Range, Couchsachraga Peak and Santanoni Peak.
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Wikidata Q7131804, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1358 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 14.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 11.6 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 13.2 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
- Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex K-120 Meter Jump Observation Deck · 14 mi
- Cascade Mountain · 16 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 17 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Santanoni Peak: 1.1 mi
- Couchsachraga Peak: 1.4 mi
- Henderson Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Little Santanoni Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mount Andrew: 3.5 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 2.7 mi
- Wallface: 5.5 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 12.5 mi
- The Courthouse: 15.3 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- Millers Falls: 3.8 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 7.0 mi
- Wanika Falls: 7.9 mi
- Rocky Falls: 8.3 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 8.7 mi
- Baldwin Park: 15.0 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 15.1 mi
- Mid's Park: 15.1 mi
- Brewster Park: 15.2 mi
- Prescott Park: 15.5 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 6.9 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.7 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 13.2 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 13.3 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 4.0 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 7.8 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Pendleton: 9.8 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 3.7 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 10.7 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 12.1 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 12.1 mi
- Henry's Woods: 13.5 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.8 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 14.8 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 15.8 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 16.1 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 17.3 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 17.0 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.0 mi
- Goolds Garden: 24.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.8 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 22.6 mi
- Tahawus: 5.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 21.6 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 21.8 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Rafting: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Panther Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Peak | ENE 67° | 1,555 m | 7.9 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | ENE 68° | 1,472 m | 7.2 mi |
| Boundary Peak | ENE 67° | 1,471 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Colden | ENE 77° | 1,436 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Redfield | E 91° | 1,403 m | 9.1 mi |
| Santanoni Peak | S 177° | 1,401 m | 1.1 mi |
| Wright Peak | ENE 64° | 1,389 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Marshall | ENE 71° | 1,333 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:34 | 16:22 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959830 — Panther Peak, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357576084
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- Elizabethtown · 27 mi
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