Slide Mountain
Slide Mountain rises to 727 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the east-southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Owls Head, a peak 1.7 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34908060, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 727 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 7.3 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.1 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 25.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Owls Head: 1.7 mi
- Blue Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 1.7 mi
- Mount Alton: 2.1 mi
- Moose Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Moss Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 5.4 mi
- Weeping Winds: 11.6 mi
- Great Wall: 12.1 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Monument Falls: 6.7 mi
- High Falls (Main): 6.9 mi
- High Falls (Mini): 6.9 mi
- High Falls (Rainbow): 6.9 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 6.9 mi
- Brewster Park: 6.4 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 6.5 mi
- Mid's Park: 6.5 mi
- Denny Park: 7.0 mi
- Triangle Park: 7.0 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 6.9 mi
- World War Memorial: 6.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 8.3 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 6.8 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 6.9 mi
- Master Pothole: 6.9 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 6.9 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 6.9 mi
- Henry's Woods: 8.4 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 9.7 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 11.1 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 11.6 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 6.9 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 6.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 6.9 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 7.3 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 9.2 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 7.2 mi
- Goolds Garden: 12.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 12.7 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 5.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 7.0 mi
- Tahawus: 23.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Slide Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,466 m | 5.2 mi |
| Esther Mountain | E 88° | 1,293 m | 5.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 94° | 1,242 m | 5.8 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | SE 132° | 1,182 m | 8.3 mi |
| Moose Mountain | S 178° | 1,180 m | 2.3 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | SE 125° | 1,174 m | 9.3 mi |
| McKenzie Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,165 m | 3.5 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,111 m | 5.9 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357589801
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- Elizabethtown · 24 mi
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