Sawteeth
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Sawteeth rises to 1,260 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the west, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sawteeth-Southeast Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Sawteeth (sometimes Resagonia Mountain or Sawtooth) is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 35th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,100 feet (1,200 m). The mountain is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The name "Sawteeth" was popularized by residents of the town of Keene in the 19th century, due to the jagged appearance of its ridge from the nearby Lower Ausable Lake. Erastus Hopkins, a reverend from Massachusetts, attempted to give the mountain the alternative name "Resagonia Mountain" during this era, after Monte Resegone in the Italian Alps. The earliest recorded ascent was made by Newell Martin, a hobbyist mountain climber, in 1875. Two trails exist to the summit of Sawteeth, both originating from the Ausable Club on Lower Ausable Lake. The trails diverge from the lake road at a bridge below the Lower Ausable Lake dam. The blue-blazed Pyramid-Gothics Trail proceeds for 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the col between Sawteeth and Pyramid Peak, where the yellow-blazed Sawteeth trail diverges and continues left for 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the summit, for a total one-way distance of 2.2 miles (3.5 km). The longer, older route, now known as the Scenic Trail, diverges from the Pyramid-Gothics Trail only 100 yards (91 m) from the start of the trail. The yellow-blazed trail continues along the shore of Lower Ausable Lake for 0.6 miles (0.97 km) before ascending to a series of ledges and rocks overlooking the lake. The highest of these, Lookout Rock, rises 1,300 feet (400 m) above the lake. The trail becomes very steep and ascends a series of ladders before arriving at a junction with the trail to Upper Ausable Lake. The summit of Sawteeth is just beyond it, for a total one-way distance of 3.0 miles (4.8 km) and an ascent of 2,275 feet (693 m) from Lower Ausable Lake.
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Wikidata Q7428687, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1260 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 12.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 19.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 5 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sawteeth-Southeast Peak: 0.3 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 0.7 mi
- Gothics: 1.0 mi
- Armstrong Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Indian Head: 1.5 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 1.3 mi
- Lost Lookout: 1.6 mi
- The Courthouse: 4.3 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Case Wall: 4.8 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 4.8 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 13.6 mi
- Mid's Park: 13.8 mi
- Brewster Park: 13.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.1 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 1.8 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 2.0 mi
- Artists Falls: 2.2 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 2.4 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 1.3 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 3.6 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 6.9 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 4.2 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 9.2 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 10.5 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 11.4 mi
- Henry's Woods: 12.3 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 7.5 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 8.0 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 8.0 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 8.1 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 11.3 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 13.5 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 13.5 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 14.6 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 14.7 mi
- The Iron Center: 20.1 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 13.4 mi
- Park beach: 19.9 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 20.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.3 mi
- Westport Beach: 21.2 mi
- Footbridge Park: 14.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 20.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.3 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 21.4 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 10.0 mi
- Tahawus: 10.9 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Sawteeth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | W 268° | 1,629 m | 3.6 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | W 266° | 1,515 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Haystack | WSW 256° | 1,498 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Skylight | WSW 255° | 1,495 m | 4.1 mi |
| Dix Mountain | SE 125° | 1,473 m | 3.9 mi |
| Basin Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,468 m | 1.9 mi |
| Gray Peak | W 267° | 1,463 m | 4.3 mi |
| Beck-horn | SE 126° | 1,455 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:33 | 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4299228062
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Westport · 21 mi
- Crown Point · 23 mi
- Essex · 28 mi
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