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.
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
- Balfour Lake overlook · 13 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex K-120 Meter Jump Observation Deck · 14 mi
- Cascade Mountain · 15 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 15 mi
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
- Indian Falls: 8.4 mi
- Rocky Falls: 8.5 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 15.3 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
- Airplane Wreckage: 5.9 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.1 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 9.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 12.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 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 9.3 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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- Elizabethtown · 24 mi
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