Pitchoff Mountain
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Pitchoff Mountain rises to 1,066 m in New York. Armstrong Mountain stands 1,320 m to the south, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Weeping Winds, a cliff 0.3 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Pitchoff Mountain is a 3,600-foot (1,097 m) mountain opposite Cascade Mountain on NY 73 west of Keene Valley in Essex County, New York, in the US. There are two summits; the higher summit is viewless, but the northern summit, at 3,323 feet (1,013 m) offers 360 degree views of the nearby Cascade Lakes, the High Peaks of the Adirondacks, and, in clear weather, the Green Mountains of Vermont. There is a 5.2-mile (8.4 km) hiking trail that starts on Route 73 west of the Cascade Lakes, climbs 2.0 miles (3.2 km) to the blind summit, then traverses the nearly two-mile summit ridge to the northern summit before descending 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to Route 73 east of the Lakes, 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east of the starting point.
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Wikidata Q7198898, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1066 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 5.0 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 19.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 20.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Cubby: 1.2 mi
- Cascade Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Laramore Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Porter Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Weeping Winds: 0.3 mi
- The Courthouse: 4.5 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 6.7 mi
- Moss Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Lost Lookout: 8.1 mi
- Mid's Park: 6.4 mi
- Brewster Park: 6.5 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 6.5 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 6.6 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 8.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 1.0 mi
- Hulls Falls: 4.1 mi
- Monument Falls: 5.4 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 6.4 mi
- Indian Falls: 7.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 4.3 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 4.7 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 4.8 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 5.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 4.9 mi
- Henry's Woods: 5.7 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 5.8 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 5.9 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 10.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 2.6 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 2.6 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 2.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 4.4 mi
- Skyride: 4.5 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 6.2 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 6.2 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 13.8 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 13.9 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 14.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 6.1 mi
- Westport Beach: 22.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 24.7 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.9 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 24.7 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 24.8 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 15.0 mi
- Goolds Garden: 22.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 8.8 mi
- Tahawus: 15.5 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 17.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Pitchoff Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Mountain | S 169° | 1,320 m | 7.3 mi |
| Table Top Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,312 m | 7.0 mi |
| Upper Wolfjaw Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,281 m | 6.9 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | S 175° | 1,280 m | 3.8 mi |
| Lower Wolfjaw Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,273 m | 6.6 mi |
| Phelps Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,268 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,249 m | 1.6 mi |
| Porter Mountain | SE 146° | 1,240 m | 2.1 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 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357577371
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Westport · 22 mi
- Essex · 26 mi
- Crown Point · 30 mi
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