Sentinel Mountain
Sentinel Mountain rises to 1,174 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the north-northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Stewart Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34904927, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,174 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 3.5 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 19.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 20.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Stewart Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Kilburn Mountain: 1.5 mi
- The Cobble Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Moss Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Weeping Winds: 4.7 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 5.8 mi
- Great Wall: 6.6 mi
- The Courthouse: 9.0 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 3.3 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 5.6 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 5.6 mi
- Wilmington Bike Park: 6.0 mi
- Wilmington Heritage Park: 6.0 mi
- High Falls (Main): 3.1 mi
- Monument Falls: 3.1 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 3.1 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 3.1 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 3.2 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 2.2 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 5.6 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Henry's Woods: 7.3 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 8.3 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 6.0 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 6.3 mi
- World War Memorial: 6.6 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 3.1 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 3.1 mi
- Master Pothole: 3.1 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 3.1 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 3.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 6.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 6.7 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 13.5 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 13.8 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 14.3 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 14.5 mi
- Goolds Garden: 21.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 21.7 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 6.6 mi
- Westport Beach: 22.4 mi
- Footbridge Park: 14.0 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 4.5 mi
- Tahawus: 20.2 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Sentinel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | NNW 329° | 1,466 m | 4.8 mi |
| Esther Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,293 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | S 184° | 1,249 m | 6.1 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,242 m | 5.2 mi |
| Porter Mountain | S 181° | 1,240 m | 6.5 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | W 261° | 1,182 m | 1.5 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,111 m | 4.0 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | N 352° | 1,104 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 964843 — Sentinel Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357588901
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 15 mi
- Westport · 22 mi
- Essex · 25 mi
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