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Spread Eagle Mountain

Spread Eagle Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Spread Eagle Mountain rises to 859 m in New York. Giant Mountain stands 1,410 m to the southeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hopkins Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 1.4 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q34909881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
859 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.18699, -73.75653

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • Case Wall: 2.7 mi
  • Crack in the Woods Cliff: 2.7 mi
  • Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 2.8 mi
  • Dregs Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Lower Beer Wall: 2.9 mi
Parks: 36
  • East Branch Community Trails: 8.3 mi
  • Thrall Dam Park: 11.0 mi
  • Milholland Park: 11.4 mi
  • Moriah Miners Park: 12.8 mi
  • The Covered Bridge: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 30
Historic sites: 25
Nature reserves: 20
Attractions: 16
  • Mountain Pass Lodge: 8.5 mi
  • Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 8.5 mi
  • Cliffside Coaster: 8.6 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 11.3 mi
  • Skyride: 11.3 mi
Museums: 12
  • Adirondack History Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Adirondack history center museum: 8.4 mi
  • Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 13.1 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 13.1 mi
  • The Iron Center: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Westport Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Port Henry Village Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Park beach: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Footbridge Park: 8.1 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 17.8 mi
  • Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 17.8 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Spread Eagle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Giant MountainSE1,410 m2.5 mi
Rocky Peak RidgeSE1,338 m3.4 mi
Armstrong MountainSW1,320 m5.9 mi
Upper Wolfjaw MountainSW1,281 m5.5 mi
Big Slide MountainW1,280 m5.7 mi
Lower Wolfjaw MountainSW1,273 m4.7 mi
Cascade MountainWNW1,249 m5.6 mi
Porter MountainWNW1,240 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1219:5820:43
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:2815:3216:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151826395160646356443221
Precip in3.12.32.93.43.94.84.44.03.94.23.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 966045 — Spread Eagle Mountain, Essex County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357590677

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