Saunders Mountain
Saunders Mountain rises to 604 m in New York. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the west-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34903935, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 604 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 12.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 18.0 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 20.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 7 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 8 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Bear Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Catamount Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Jug Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Wyman Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 2.3 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 5.0 mi
- Sunshine City: 5.6 mi
- Birch Wall: 5.6 mi
- Vanity Face: 5.6 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 3.3 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 4.3 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 5.7 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 6.3 mi
- The Falls: 6.6 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 7.6 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 7.7 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 8.9 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 13.5 mi
- Bandstand Park: 15.0 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 7.6 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 11.7 mi
- Meacham House: 12.2 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 5.3 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 7.2 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 10.8 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 15.0 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 15.7 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 15.9 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 15.9 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 15.9 mi
- Nature preserve: 17.0 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 12.1 mi
- The Iron Center: 12.3 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 12.8 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 12.9 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 13.9 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 12.4 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 12.5 mi
- Park beach: 15.1 mi
- Westport Beach: 16.5 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 21.2 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 12.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 12.4 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 12.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 12.8 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 15.0 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.4 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.5 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 2.4 mi
- Tahawus: 17.1 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Saunders Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,473 m | 4.6 mi |
| Beck-horn | WNW 299° | 1,455 m | 4.5 mi |
| Nippletop | WNW 297° | 1,393 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hough Peak | WNW 292° | 1,341 m | 3.8 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | N 0° | 1,338 m | 7.3 mi |
| Macomb Mountain | W 273° | 1,336 m | 3.7 mi |
| South Dix | WNW 283° | 1,242 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Colvin | WNW 296° | 1,235 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
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 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 964505 — Saunders Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357588059
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 11 mi
- Crown Point · 15 mi
- Westport · 16 mi
- Essex · 25 mi
- Middlebury · 28 mi
- Charlotte · 29 mi
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