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Red Rock

Red Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Red Rock rises to 762 m in New York. Sentinel Mountain stands 1,174 m to the west-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Potash Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 2.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34829844, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
762 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.27671, -73.75208

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • Weeping Winds: 6.9 mi
  • Great Wall: 6.9 mi
  • The Courthouse: 8.3 mi
  • Case Wall: 8.9 mi
  • Crack in the Woods Cliff: 8.9 mi
Parks: 43
  • East Branch Community Trails: 2.6 mi
  • The Covered Bridge: 6.8 mi
  • Wilmington Bike Park: 8.2 mi
  • Town of Wilmington Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Lake Everest - Town Beach: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Hulls Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 6.9 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 7.6 mi
  • Flume Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Bert Williams Farm: 6.3 mi
  • 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 8.9 mi
  • Canyon Bridge Memorial: 9.6 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 9.7 mi
  • 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 10.6 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Attractions: 17
  • Whirlpool Cove: 7.8 mi
  • Master Pothole: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 7.8 mi
  • Porridge Potholes: 7.8 mi
  • Potholes: 7.8 mi
Museums: 14
  • Adirondack history center museum: 9.0 mi
  • Adirondack History Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 11.5 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Westport Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Port Henry Village Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Footbridge Park: 8.6 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 21.5 mi
  • Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 21.7 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 22.1 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 9.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Red Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sentinel MountainWNW 292°1,174 m5.4 mi
Hurricane MountainSE 144°1,121 m3.5 mi
Stewart MountainWNW 304°1,104 m6.2 mi
Saddleback MountainENE 73°1,102 m4.3 mi
Jay BenchmarkENE 61°1,097 m4.9 mi
Jay MountainNE 53°1,028 m4.1 mi
MacDonough MountainENE 70°1,012 m5.7 mi
Laramore MountainSW 234°1,008 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1219:5920:43
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:2815:3216:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151826395160646356443221
Precip in3.12.32.93.43.94.84.44.03.94.23.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962318 — Red Rock, Essex County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357581808

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