Rice Mountain
Rice Mountain rises to 768 m in New York. Loon Lake Mountain stands 1,014 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34830078, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 768 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 16.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 23.3 mi off the Military Trail
- 24.2 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Panther Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Little Jennings Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Jennings Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Brandon Hill: 2.7 mi
- The Great Lawn: 7.1 mi
- Brighton Memorial Park: 9.8 mi
- Town of Harrietstown Bike Park: 15.9 mi
- Ampersand Park: 16.2 mi
- Sunset Park Arboretum: 16.5 mi
- Deer River Primitive Area: 11.0 mi
- Franklin Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 12.7 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 19.0 mi
- Catherineville State Forest: 20.4 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 21.8 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 12.0 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 16.7 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 16.8 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 20.5 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 20.7 mi
- Augerhole Falls: 11.7 mi
- High Falls: 13.9 mi
- Saint Regis Falls: 14.9 mi
- High Falls: 16.1 mi
- Jamestown Falls: 22.3 mi
- Goolds Garden: 7.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 7.2 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 15.5 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 23.9 mi
- World War Memorial: 23.9 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 24.2 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 24.9 mi
- Stacy Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 23.4 mi
- Moss Cliff: 24.4 mi
- Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area: 7.2 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 19.0 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 24.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Rice Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loon Lake Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,014 m | 10.2 mi |
| Debar Mountain | NE 45° | 1,011 m | 8.9 mi |
| Saint Regis Mountain | S 173° | 865 m | 7.2 mi |
| Baldface Mountain | NE 50° | 858 m | 11.2 mi |
| Black Peak | NE 42° | 823 m | 8.3 mi |
| Jenkins Mountain | SSE 151° | 755 m | 4.7 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | W 276° | 744 m | 10.0 mi |
| West Mountain | W 276° | 744 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:02 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saranac LK Adirondack Rgnl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357596425
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