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Parsons Knob

Parsons Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.71254, -73.94903

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 42
  • 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
Nature reserves: 26
Museums: 10
  • 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
Historic sites: 9
  • 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
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Goolds Garden: 23.7 mi
  • Peace Garden: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainE 98°1,167 m4.2 mi
Averill PeakESE 112°1,159 m3.6 mi
Brushy KnobESE 111°885 m4.8 mi
Haystack MountainSSW 206°881 m5.7 mi
Norton PeakS 187°876 m4.8 mi
Ragged Lake MountainW 265°832 m4.6 mi
Mount TomWSW 245°831 m9.9 mi
W MountainWSW 251°825 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1120:0120:46
September equinox06:4418:1718:55
December solstice07:3115:3016:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130435665696760483625
Precip in2.92.32.83.84.04.94.24.13.84.72.92.9

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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