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Rooster Comb

Rooster Comb, seen from above at true elevation

Rooster Comb rises to 790 m in New York. Basin Mountain stands 1,468 m to the southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Snow Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 1.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34830751, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
790 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.17273, -73.81148

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • The Courthouse: 1.7 mi
  • Case Wall: 2.8 mi
  • Case Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 2.9 mi
  • Crack in the Woods Cliff: 3.0 mi
Parks: 37
  • Indian Head Trailhead: 2.7 mi
  • East Branch Community Trails: 9.3 mi
  • Mid's Park: 11.8 mi
  • Brewster Park: 11.9 mi
  • Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Russell Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Wedge Brook Cascades: 2.5 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Beaver Meadow Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Artists Falls: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 26
Nature reserves: 23
  • Johns Brook Primitive Area: 1.2 mi
  • Boquet River Primitive Area: 8.2 mi
  • Bartlett Primitive Area: 9.3 mi
  • Heaven Hill Trails: 10.3 mi
  • Henry's Woods: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Mountain Pass Lodge: 6.3 mi
  • Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 6.4 mi
  • Cliffside Coaster: 6.4 mi
  • Skyride: 9.5 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 9.5 mi
Museums: 11
  • Adirondack History Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Adirondack history center museum: 11.3 mi
  • Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 11.5 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Westport Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Port Henry Village Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Park beach: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Footbridge Park: 11.0 mi
  • Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 19.7 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 19.7 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.0 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Basin MountainSW 226°1,468 m5.1 mi
Little MarcySW 234°1,438 m6.1 mi
GothicsSW 216°1,425 m3.9 mi
Little HaystackSW 226°1,421 m6.2 mi
Giant MountainE 100°1,410 m4.6 mi
Pyramid PeakSSW 213°1,401 m4.1 mi
NippletopS 182°1,393 m5.8 mi
Saddleback MountainSW 225°1,375 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:08
June solstice05:1319:5920:43
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:2815:3216:20

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, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357582820

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