Schroon Mountain
Schroon Mountain rises to 528 m in New York. Boreas Mountain stands 1,152 m to the northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wyman Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 12 miles off.
The story
summit in Essex County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34910383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 528 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 16.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 18.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 13 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 15 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 15 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wyman Hill: 0.6 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Peaked Hills: 1.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hoffman Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 2.6 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 10.6 mi
- Schroon Falls: 2.4 mi
- The Falls: 10.6 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 10.7 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 12.0 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 12.8 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 2.5 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 14.0 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 14.2 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Bald Ledge Primitive Area: 14.6 mi
- Bandstand: 6.6 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 13.3 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 14.7 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 14.7 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 2.0 mi
- Bandstand Park: 6.6 mi
- Courtney Park: 13.4 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 15.2 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 16.2 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 13.2 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 17.9 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 18.3 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 19.2 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 20.1 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 11.8 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 17.3 mi
- The Iron Center: 17.6 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 18.4 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 18.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 17.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 17.5 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 18.1 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 21.3 mi
- Footbridge Park: 21.7 mi
- Park beach: 6.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 17.4 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 18.0 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 18.8 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 18.9 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 20.3 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 20.3 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 6.8 mi
- Tahawus: 16.1 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Schroon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boreas Mountain | NW 314° | 1,152 m | 7.3 mi |
| Hoffman Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,129 m | 2.5 mi |
| Sunrise Mountain | N 353° | 1,099 m | 6.6 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | W 262° | 1,052 m | 1.9 mi |
| Wolf Pond Mountain | NW 309° | 1,044 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bailey Hill | WSW 259° | 931 m | 6.5 mi |
| Niagara Mountain | N 5° | 913 m | 5.0 mi |
| Nippletop Mountain | NNE 14° | 900 m | 4.5 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 | 15:33 | 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 | 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, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 966173 — Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357590842
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 17 mi
- Elizabethtown · 20 mi
- Lake George · 24 mi
- Westport · 24 mi
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