Parsons Knob
Parsons Knob rises to 643 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the east, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Military Trail passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34889213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 643 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Military Trail
- 16.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 21.3 mi off the Circuit du Paysan, National
- 23.0 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Whirlpool Basin Overlook · 27 mi
- Sentry Box Overlook · 27 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 27 mi
- Pulpit Rock Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Birch Hill: 1.9 mi
- Averill Peak: 3.6 mi
- Hardwood Hill: 4.1 mi
- Lyon Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Ragged Lake Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Picketts Corner Park: 11.2 mi
- Chateaugay Park: 14.9 mi
- Cadyville Recreation Park: 16.4 mi
- Sellers Field: 16.5 mi
- Miner Lake State Park: 17.2 mi
- Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Moon Pond State Forest: 11.3 mi
- Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 12.7 mi
- Burnt Hill State Forest: 13.8 mi
- Valley View State Forest: 14.2 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 16.9 mi
- Rockwell Kent Collection: 23.7 mi
- Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 23.8 mi
- Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 23.8 mi
- Kent-Delord House Museum: 24.6 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 22.7 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 24.0 mi
- Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 24.3 mi
- Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 24.4 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 24.5 mi
- High Falls: 11.0 mi
- High Falls: 15.2 mi
- Flume Falls: 24.5 mi
- The Flume Fall: 24.5 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 24.9 mi
- summit fliff: 15.2 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 15.3 mi
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 15.4 mi
- Goolds Garden: 23.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.3 mi
- Amite Sculpture: 23.7 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 24.2 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 4.0 mi
- Airplane: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Parsons Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Mountain | E 98° | 1,167 m | 4.2 mi |
| Averill Peak | ESE 112° | 1,159 m | 3.6 mi |
| Brushy Knob | ESE 111° | 885 m | 4.8 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SSW 206° | 881 m | 5.7 mi |
| Norton Peak | S 187° | 876 m | 4.8 mi |
| Ragged Lake Mountain | W 265° | 832 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 245° | 831 m | 9.9 mi |
| W Mountain | WSW 251° | 825 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:01 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:30 | 16:19 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959948 — Parsons Knob, Clinton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357576275
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