Potter Hill
Potter Hill rises to 484 m in New York. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the west, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Deadwater cliffs, a cliff 0.5 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34898258, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 484 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 10.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 20.2 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 20.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 6 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Deadwater cliffs: 0.5 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 3.3 mi
- Sunshine City: 5.0 mi
- Birch Wall: 5.0 mi
- Vanity Face: 5.1 mi
- Catamount Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Makomis Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Feeder Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Howard Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Saunders Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 3.9 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 3.9 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 4.2 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 5.9 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 6.7 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 9.4 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 11.9 mi
- Ballard Park: 14.2 mi
- Lee Park: 14.2 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 8.5 mi
- Meacham House: 10.5 mi
- Gage's Redoubt: 12.1 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 3.6 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 8.9 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 11.1 mi
- Cole Island: 13.3 mi
- Nature preserve: 15.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 16.3 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 16.4 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 16.4 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 17.1 mi
- The Iron Center: 10.6 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 10.9 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 11.0 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 11.9 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 23.4 mi
- Smog: 24.5 mi
- Bench and Table: 24.6 mi
- Youbie Obie: 24.6 mi
- Frisbee Dog: 24.7 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 10.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 10.8 mi
- Westport Beach: 14.2 mi
- Park beach: 16.7 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 21.6 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 10.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 10.7 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 10.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 11.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 4.1 mi
- Tahawus: 19.0 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Potter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | W 280° | 1,473 m | 5.9 mi |
| Beck-horn | W 279° | 1,455 m | 5.8 mi |
| Giant Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,410 m | 7.0 mi |
| Nippletop | WNW 282° | 1,393 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hough Peak | W 272° | 1,341 m | 5.4 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | NNW 343° | 1,338 m | 6.3 mi |
| Macomb Mountain | W 259° | 1,336 m | 5.6 mi |
| South Dix | W 265° | 1,242 m | 5.3 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 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vergennes, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357577883
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 9 mi
- Crown Point · 14 mi
- Westport · 14 mi
- Essex · 23 mi
- Middlebury · 26 mi
- Charlotte · 27 mi
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