Skiff Mountain
Skiff Mountain rises to 611 m in New York. Loon Lake Mountain stands 1,014 m to the north-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Six Nations Indian Museum, a museum 1.3 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 7.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34832896, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 611 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 10.6 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 27.0 mi off the Military Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Haystack Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Buck Pond Hill: 1.9 mi
- Kate Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Meenahga Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Blue Hill: 2.7 mi
- Brighton Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- The Great Lawn: 7.6 mi
- Town of Harrietstown Bike Park: 10.1 mi
- Ampersand Park: 10.1 mi
- Denny Park: 10.1 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 14.5 mi
- High Falls (Main): 14.7 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 14.7 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 14.7 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 14.7 mi
- Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area: 11.8 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 11.9 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 14.6 mi
- Potholes: 14.6 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 14.7 mi
- Henry's Woods: 16.0 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 17.1 mi
- Deer River Primitive Area: 17.5 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 17.9 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 14.7 mi
- World War Memorial: 14.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 16.0 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 13.5 mi
- Moss Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 14.9 mi
- summit fliff: 15.0 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 15.2 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 1.3 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 10.2 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 10.5 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 14.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.7 mi
- Goolds Garden: 7.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 7.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 9.3 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.8 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 21.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 13.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Skiff Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loon Lake Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,014 m | 5.9 mi |
| Kate Mountain | ENE 70° | 863 m | 2.5 mi |
| Pigeon Roost | SE 134° | 840 m | 9.6 mi |
| Duncan Mountain | ENE 71° | 825 m | 9.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNE 24° | 818 m | 7.4 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SE 131° | 805 m | 8.8 mi |
| Owls Head | SE 132° | 793 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mud Pond Mountain | NNE 23° | 775 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| 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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saranac LK Adirondack Rgnl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965351 — Skiff Mountain, Franklin County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357589711
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