Van Dorrien Mountain
Van Dorrien Mountain rises to 912 m in New York. Santanoni Peak stands 1,401 m to the south-southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is 918, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Olympic Trail passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34816807, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 912 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 8.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 10.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 17.3 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- 918: 0.0 mi
- 789: 0.8 mi
- 584: 1.3 mi
- Sawtooth #4: 1.5 mi
- 791: 1.6 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Wallface: 8.8 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 11.7 mi
- Weeping Winds: 14.4 mi
- Moss Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Wanika Falls: 5.9 mi
- Millers Falls: 8.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.2 mi
- Rocky Falls: 9.2 mi
- Raquette Falls: 9.3 mi
- Baldwin Park: 6.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 7.3 mi
- Prescott Park: 7.3 mi
- Riverfront Park: 7.4 mi
- Beaver Park: 7.4 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 6.8 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 10.0 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 10.4 mi
- Skyride: 10.5 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 10.5 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 5.7 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 9.8 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 10.1 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 10.2 mi
- World War Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 5.1 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 6.3 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 8.8 mi
- Henry's Woods: 9.5 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 10.6 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 7.5 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 7.8 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 10.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 10.1 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 13.3 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 8.6 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 15.2 mi
- Goolds Garden: 15.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 10.3 mi
- Tahawus: 13.3 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Van Dorrien Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santanoni Peak | SSE 169° | 1,401 m | 9.9 mi |
| Panther Peak | SSE 168° | 1,358 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Marshall | SE 130° | 1,333 m | 10.2 mi |
| Seward Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,319 m | 4.5 mi |
| Nye Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,271 m | 7.7 mi |
| Street Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,265 m | 7.7 mi |
| Donaldson Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,238 m | 5.1 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | S 181° | 1,236 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RAY Brook, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 968405 — Van Dorrien Mountain, Franklin County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357594331
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 29 mi
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