The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle rises to 658 m in New York. Blue Mountain stands 1,143 m to the south, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Triplet Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hamilton County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34812510, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 658 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 0.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 8.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 17.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Triplet Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Sabattis: 2.1 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 2.2 mi
- East Inlet Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Landing Hill: 3.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.9 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.9 mi
- Raquette Falls: 12.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 12.3 mi
- Millers Falls: 13.1 mi
- Pendleton: 9.4 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 17.9 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 18.4 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 18.6 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 22.1 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 9.4 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 16.3 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 17.6 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 18.9 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 19.5 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 1.0 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 1.0 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 1.2 mi
- Byron Park: 15.5 mi
- Flanders Park: 17.5 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
- Silver Beach: 14.6 mi
- Long Beach: 20.1 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 20.1 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 11.4 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 16.9 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 21.9 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 22.6 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 7.7 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 16.8 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 17.2 mi
- The Crags: 15.7 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Wallface: 21.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.9 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 21.1 mi
- Rafting: 14.9 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 24.3 mi
- Iron Cross: 17.6 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 23.8 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Tahawus: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | S 179° | 1,143 m | 7.3 mi |
| Dun Brook Mountain | SE 145° | 1,086 m | 7.4 mi |
| Fishing Brook Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,082 m | 6.2 mi |
| Little Santanoni Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,058 m | 13.5 mi |
| Kempshall Mountain | NE 51° | 1,021 m | 4.9 mi |
| Tongue Mountain | SSE 148° | 964 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Morris | NNW 344° | 950 m | 13.0 mi |
| Moose Mountain | ENE 69° | 911 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:36 | 16:23 |
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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357592649
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