Topknot Mountain
Topknot Mountain rises to 712 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the south-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ellenburg Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Military Trail passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34813529, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 712 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Military Trail
- 17.4 mi off the Circuit du Paysan, National
- 19.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 21.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Whirlpool Basin Overlook · 25 mi
- Sentry Box Overlook · 25 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 25 mi
- Pulpit Rock Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ellenburg Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Lyon Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Birch Hill: 4.8 mi
- Johnson Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Panther Hill: 5.2 mi
- Picketts Corner Park: 9.1 mi
- Miner Lake State Park: 10.9 mi
- Cadyville Recreation Park: 12.1 mi
- Feinburg Park: 12.1 mi
- LaPierre Lane Riverway Park: 15.0 mi
- Moon Pond State Forest: 6.5 mi
- Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 9.3 mi
- Cadyville State Forest: 10.9 mi
- Clinton Mooers Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 12.1 mi
- Mooers Train Station: 18.9 mi
- Rockwell Kent Collection: 19.2 mi
- Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 19.2 mi
- Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 19.3 mi
- Kent-Delord House Museum: 20.0 mi
- Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 19.8 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 19.8 mi
- First Building: 20.0 mi
- Champlain Monument: 20.0 mi
- Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 20.3 mi
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 17.3 mi
- summit fliff: 17.3 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 17.4 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 17.5 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 6.6 mi
- Plattsburgh City Beach: 20.5 mi
- High Falls: 15.5 mi
- Amite Sculpture: 19.2 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 20.3 mi
- Airplane: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Topknot Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Mountain | SSW 193° | 1,167 m | 4.4 mi |
| Averill Peak | SSW 200° | 1,159 m | 5.3 mi |
| Brushy Knob | S 186° | 885 m | 5.4 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SW 221° | 881 m | 11.6 mi |
| Norton Peak | SW 214° | 876 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ragged Lake Mountain | WSW 247° | 832 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 241° | 831 m | 16.1 mi |
| W Mountain | WSW 242° | 825 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:29 | 16:18 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 967669 — Topknot Mountain, Clinton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357593186
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