Sanford Hill
Sanford Hill rises to 656 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tahawus, a ghost town 0.3 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 7.2 miles off. 239 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34903448, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 656 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 13.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 19.4 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 15.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
239 named places within 25 miles
- Echo Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Popple Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Andrew: 2.4 mi
- Mount Adams: 2.6 mi
- Guideboard Hill: 2.8 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Wallface: 5.9 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Lost Lookout: 12.2 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 4.3 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 8.0 mi
- Indian Falls: 8.4 mi
- Rocky Falls: 8.5 mi
- Millers Falls: 8.9 mi
- Mid's Park: 16.7 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 16.7 mi
- Brewster Park: 16.8 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- Baldwin Park: 18.6 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 5.9 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 12.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 13.0 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 13.0 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 1.9 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 7.3 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 10.1 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 2.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 13.4 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 13.4 mi
- Henry's Woods: 14.8 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 16.0 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 16.3 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 16.3 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 19.4 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 19.6 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 22.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 16.3 mi
- Park beach: 20.7 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 23.7 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 20.7 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.4 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 21.7 mi
- Rafting: 21.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 23.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 24.9 mi
- Tahawus: 0.3 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 17.1 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sanford Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | NE 56° | 1,629 m | 7.3 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | NNE 25° | 1,555 m | 6.9 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | NE 56° | 1,515 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Haystack | ENE 63° | 1,498 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Skylight | ENE 60° | 1,495 m | 6.5 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | NNE 22° | 1,472 m | 6.3 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NNE 23° | 1,471 m | 6.5 mi |
| Basin Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,468 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357587986
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