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Topknot Mountain

Topknot Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.76560, -73.84459

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • 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
Nature reserves: 26
Museums: 11
  • 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
Historic sites: 10
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 20.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • High Falls: 15.5 mi
  • High Falls: 16.5 mi
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 20.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Airplane: 20.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Topknot Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainSSW 193°1,167 m4.4 mi
Averill PeakSSW 200°1,159 m5.3 mi
Brushy KnobS 186°885 m5.4 mi
Haystack MountainSW 221°881 m11.6 mi
Norton PeakSW 214°876 m10.2 mi
Ragged Lake MountainWSW 247°832 m10.5 mi
Mount TomWSW 241°831 m16.1 mi
W MountainWSW 242°825 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2919:08
June solstice05:1020:0020:45
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:3015:2916:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130435665696760483625
Precip in2.92.32.83.84.04.94.24.13.84.72.92.9

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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