Shed Hill
Shed Hill rises to 703 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the southeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Knapp Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34832088, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 703 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 9.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 23.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Knapp Hill: 0.4 mi
- Blue Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Morris Hill: 1.5 mi
- Owls Head: 1.5 mi
- Robertson Hill: 1.7 mi
- Moss Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 6.9 mi
- Great Wall: 10.4 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 10.5 mi
- summit fliff: 10.6 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 7.3 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 7.3 mi
- Wilmington Heritage Park: 7.6 mi
- Wilmington Bike Park: 7.7 mi
- Brewster Park: 8.2 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 6.2 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 6.2 mi
- High Falls (Main): 6.2 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 6.2 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 8.6 mi
- World War Memorial: 8.6 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 10.0 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 6.2 mi
- Potholes: 6.2 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 6.2 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 6.2 mi
- Master Pothole: 6.2 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 10.2 mi
- Henry's Woods: 10.2 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 10.6 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 11.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 8.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 8.7 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 9.1 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 9.5 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 9.8 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 9.7 mi
- Goolds Garden: 13.8 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 8.7 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 24.7 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 4.7 mi
- Footbridge Park: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Shed Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | SE 134° | 1,466 m | 4.4 mi |
| Esther Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,293 m | 4.1 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,242 m | 4.5 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | SSE 150° | 1,182 m | 8.5 mi |
| Moose Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,180 m | 4.4 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,165 m | 6.0 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | SE 135° | 1,111 m | 5.2 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | SE 136° | 1,104 m | 7.9 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 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 964988 — Shed Hill, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357589232
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- Elizabethtown · 24 mi
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