Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain rises to 740 m in New York. Algonquin Peak stands 1,555 m to the south, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Peacock Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 2.1 miles off. 237 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 966737).
Wikidata Q34842769, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 740 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 4.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 18.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
237 named places within 25 miles
- Weeping Winds: 5.3 mi
- Wallface: 6.2 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 6.3 mi
- The Courthouse: 7.6 mi
- Moss Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Peacock Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Heaven Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mount Jo: 2.3 mi
- Nye Mountain - North Peak: 2.7 mi
- Mount Van Hoevenberg: 2.8 mi
- Rocky Falls: 3.4 mi
- Wanika Falls: 3.8 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 4.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.7 mi
- Indian Falls: 6.2 mi
- Mid's Park: 4.8 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 4.9 mi
- Brewster Park: 4.9 mi
- Baldwin Park: 9.5 mi
- Prescott Park: 9.9 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 2.3 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 3.1 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 3.1 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 4.0 mi
- World War Memorial: 4.5 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 2.3 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 2.6 mi
- Skyride: 2.7 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 2.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 3.0 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 1.7 mi
- Henry's Woods: 3.0 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 8.1 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 9.6 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 10.6 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 4.4 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 4.4 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 10.3 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 10.3 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 19.5 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 11.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 19.9 mi
- Goolds Garden: 19.9 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 4.4 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 10.9 mi
- Tahawus: 12.2 mi
- Footbridge Park: 19.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Peak | S 181° | 1,555 m | 5.3 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | S 186° | 1,472 m | 5.8 mi |
| Boundary Peak | S 185° | 1,471 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Colden | S 169° | 1,436 m | 6.5 mi |
| Wright Peak | S 177° | 1,389 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Marshall | SSW 192° | 1,333 m | 6.5 mi |
| Table Top Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,312 m | 6.5 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,280 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:33 | 16:21 |
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/357591760
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 19 mi
- Westport · 27 mi
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