Scarface Mountain
Scarface Mountain rises to 931 m in New York. Algonquin Peak stands 1,555 m to the south-southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Seymour Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 2.1 miles off. 216 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
The story
Scarface Mountain is a mountain summit located in the Adirondack Mountains, in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in the town of North Elba.
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Wikidata Q34904161, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 931 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 4.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 10.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 20.6 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
216 named places within 25 miles
- Pulpit Rock: 6.1 mi
- Wallface: 8.9 mi
- Moss Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Weeping Winds: 9.7 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Seymour Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Little Burn Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Hennessy Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Alford Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Little John Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Wanika Falls: 4.7 mi
- Rocky Falls: 7.4 mi
- Monument Falls: 8.5 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 8.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.5 mi
- Baldwin Park: 4.2 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 4.6 mi
- Prescott Park: 4.7 mi
- Mid's Park: 4.7 mi
- Brewster Park: 4.8 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 3.0 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 5.1 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 5.4 mi
- Skyride: 5.5 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 5.5 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 4.6 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 4.6 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 4.7 mi
- World War Memorial: 4.7 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 5.1 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 4.2 mi
- Henry's Woods: 4.3 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 9.7 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 11.8 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 12.0 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 4.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 4.6 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 5.1 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 5.2 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 16.0 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 6.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.7 mi
- Goolds Garden: 14.8 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 4.7 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 11.1 mi
- Tahawus: 14.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Scarface Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Peak | SSE 153° | 1,555 m | 9.4 mi |
| Wright Peak | SSE 149° | 1,389 m | 9.1 mi |
| Nye Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,271 m | 5.9 mi |
| Street Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,265 m | 6.3 mi |
| MacNaughton Mountain | S 177° | 1,214 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lost Pond Peak | SSE 164° | 1,189 m | 7.2 mi |
| Moose Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,180 m | 6.9 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,165 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:33 | 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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RAY Brook, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 964561 — Scarface Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357588155
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- Elizabethtown · 24 mi
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