Pitchoff Mountain
Pitchoff Mountain rises to 840 m in New York. Giant Mountain stands 1,410 m to the south-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hurricane Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34895786, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 840 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 10.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 11.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 22.9 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 6 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hurricane Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Knob Lock Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Chase Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Flat Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Owls Head Lookout: 2.6 mi
- Aserisk: 5.7 mi
- Nubble Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Banana Belt: 5.8 mi
- Solitude Wall: 5.8 mi
- Future Wall: 5.8 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 6.2 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 7.2 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 7.3 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 7.6 mi
- Milholland Park: 7.6 mi
- Hulls Falls: 5.0 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 5.9 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
- Russell Falls: 6.5 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 7.0 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 9.6 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 10.6 mi
- Northwest Bay Road: 11.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 7.3 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 7.7 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 8.1 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 10.4 mi
- Twin Valleys Outdoor Education Center: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 11.2 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 11.3 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 11.3 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 12.4 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 12.4 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 5.2 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 5.2 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 15.0 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 15.0 mi
- Lake Champlain Maritime Museum: 16.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 4.8 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 16.9 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 17.1 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 17.5 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Westport Beach: 13.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.8 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 16.9 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 17.5 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 23.3 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 23.6 mi
- Formal Garden: 23.9 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 14.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 14.4 mi
- Tahawus: 21.3 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Pitchoff Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,410 m | 4.4 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | S 186° | 1,338 m | 4.7 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,203 m | 2.9 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | NW 320° | 1,121 m | 1.2 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,102 m | 5.2 mi |
| Jay Benchmark | NNE 13° | 1,097 m | 6.3 mi |
| Jay Mountain | N 4° | 1,028 m | 6.3 mi |
| MacDonough Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,012 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:32 | 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 | 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960643 — Pitchoff Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357577368
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 5 mi
- Westport · 13 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
- Charlotte · 23 mi
- Crown Point · 23 mi
- Shelburne · 26 mi
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