Van Dorrien Mountain
Van Dorrien Mountain rises to 912 m in New York. Iroquois Peak stands 1,472 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ampersand Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 3.3 miles off. 211 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
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
211 named places within 25 miles
- Henderson Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Wallface: 8.8 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 11.7 mi
- Weeping Winds: 14.4 mi
- Moss Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Ampersand Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Alford Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Seymour Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Seward Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Stony Creek Mountain: 4.7 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 25 miles of Van Dorrien Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iroquois Peak | SE 125° | 1,472 m | 10.4 mi |
| 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 |
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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