Spread Eagle Mountain
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.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34909881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 859 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 11.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 22.2 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 3 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 3 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hopkins Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Tripod Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Round Top: 1.7 mi
- Flat Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.7 mi
- Case Wall: 2.7 mi
- Crack in the Woods Cliff: 2.7 mi
- Case Wall: 2.7 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 2.8 mi
- Dregs Wall: 2.9 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 2.6 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 8.3 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 11.0 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 11.4 mi
- Milholland Park: 11.4 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 2.5 mi
- Russell Falls: 2.7 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 3.5 mi
- Hulls Falls: 3.8 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 4.4 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 5.8 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 9.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 4.0 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 6.5 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 8.6 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 12.2 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 12.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Footbridge Park: 8.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 17.8 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 17.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 18.2 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 21.9 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 12.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 14.0 mi
- Tahawus: 17.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Mountain | SE 135° | 1,410 m | 2.5 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | SE 132° | 1,338 m | 3.4 mi |
| Armstrong Mountain | SW 232° | 1,320 m | 5.9 mi |
| Upper Wolfjaw Mountain | SW 234° | 1,281 m | 5.5 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | W 267° | 1,280 m | 5.7 mi |
| Lower Wolfjaw Mountain | SW 235° | 1,273 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,249 m | 5.6 mi |
| Porter Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,240 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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, 14 mi away.
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
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 8 mi
- Westport · 16 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
- Crown Point · 23 mi
- Charlotte · 27 mi
- Shelburne · 30 mi
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