Pinnacle
Pinnacle rises to 1,020 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Otis Ledge, a peak 0.7 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34895221, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1020 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 12.0 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 16.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 20.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 8 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 8 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 8 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Otis Ledge: 0.7 mi
- Cy Beedes Ledge: 1.0 mi
- Blake Peak: 1.8 mi
- Lightning Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Colvin: 2.9 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 4.1 mi
- Lost Lookout: 5.2 mi
- King Wall: 7.8 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 7.9 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 7.9 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 10.3 mi
- Bandstand Park: 16.3 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 16.4 mi
- Mid's Park: 17.1 mi
- The Falls: 2.1 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 3.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 4.5 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 5.5 mi
- Artists Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 4.6 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 4.8 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 6.6 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 8.1 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 9.9 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 10.3 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 10.8 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 14.3 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 8.4 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 11.4 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 11.4 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 11.4 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 14.5 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 16.7 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 16.7 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 17.3 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 17.4 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 18.8 mi
- Park beach: 16.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 16.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 20.4 mi
- Westport Beach: 23.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 17.2 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.3 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 20.5 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 24.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
- Tahawus: 9.3 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 21.2 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | NW 322° | 1,629 m | 4.8 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | NW 319° | 1,515 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Haystack | NNW 331° | 1,498 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Skylight | NW 310° | 1,495 m | 4.4 mi |
| Dix Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,473 m | 4.2 mi |
| Basin Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,468 m | 4.5 mi |
| Gray Peak | NW 316° | 1,463 m | 5.1 mi |
| Beck-horn | ENE 69° | 1,455 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357577274
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 16 mi
- Crown Point · 23 mi
- Westport · 23 mi
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