Ragged Mountain
Ragged Mountain rises to 816 m in New York. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the north-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Pond Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 962134).
Wikidata Q34900357, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 816 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 12.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 17.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 20.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 11 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 13 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 13 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Pond Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Clear Pond Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Saywood Hill: 2.2 mi
- Three Brothers Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Hornet Cobbles: 2.4 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 6.5 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Lost Lookout: 11.2 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Schroon Falls: 7.1 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 9.3 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 9.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 10.5 mi
- Artists Falls: 11.3 mi
- Bandstand: 10.3 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 10.6 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 10.6 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 6.5 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 13.3 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 14.2 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 14.3 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 6.2 mi
- Bandstand Park: 10.3 mi
- Courtney Park: 14.0 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 18.0 mi
- Town of Horicon: 20.9 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 13.4 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 15.2 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 16.0 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 17.7 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 17.7 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 16.2 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 19.4 mi
- The Iron Center: 20.4 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 20.6 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 21.6 mi
- Park beach: 10.3 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 20.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.4 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 20.7 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 22.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.4 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 20.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 21.5 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 18.5 mi
- Rafting: 24.5 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Tahawus: 11.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Ragged Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,473 m | 8.7 mi |
| Beck-horn | NNE 24° | 1,455 m | 8.5 mi |
| Nippletop | NNE 13° | 1,393 m | 8.6 mi |
| Hough Peak | NNE 29° | 1,341 m | 8.1 mi |
| Macomb Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,336 m | 6.9 mi |
| Allen Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,312 m | 8.3 mi |
| South Dix | NNE 32° | 1,242 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Colvin | N 7° | 1,235 m | 8.8 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 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| 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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962134 — Ragged Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357581540
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 20 mi
- Crown Point · 21 mi
- Westport · 26 mi
- Lake George · 29 mi
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