Rist Mountain
Rist Mountain rises to 1,170 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the north-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is North River Mountains, a peak 1.3 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34830307, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,170 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 13.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 21.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 18.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 12 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 14 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 14 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North River Mountains: 1.3 mi
- Cheney Cobble: 1.6 mi
- Sanford Hill: 3.4 mi
- Moose Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Popple Hill: 3.8 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Wallface: 8.0 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 9.9 mi
- Lost Lookout: 10.7 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 5.1 mi
- Indian Falls: 8.3 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 9.1 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 9.6 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 9.7 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 13.9 mi
- Bandstand Park: 17.4 mi
- Courtney Park: 17.9 mi
- Mid's Park: 18.1 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 18.2 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 7.2 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 10.5 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 13.6 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 13.6 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 13.6 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 4.9 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 6.7 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 10.2 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 5.7 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 12.6 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 14.1 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 14.9 mi
- Henry's Woods: 16.3 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 17.7 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 17.7 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 21.8 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 22.0 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 22.4 mi
- Park beach: 17.5 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 17.7 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 23.2 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 23.2 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 20.2 mi
- Rafting: 22.2 mi
- Tahawus: 3.5 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 23.3 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Rist Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | NNE 28° | 1,629 m | 6.7 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | N 0° | 1,555 m | 8.0 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | NNE 28° | 1,515 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Haystack | NE 39° | 1,498 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Skylight | NNE 29° | 1,495 m | 5.7 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | N 356° | 1,472 m | 7.6 mi |
| Boundary Peak | N 358° | 1,471 m | 7.8 mi |
| Basin Mountain | NE 38° | 1,468 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:34 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962553 — Rist Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582181
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 23 mi
- Crown Point · 28 mi
- Westport · 29 mi
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