Whales Tail Mountain
Whales Tail Mountain rises to 893 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the south-southeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is MacIntyre Falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34819917, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 893 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 7.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 19.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Wright Peak: 1.4 mi
- T R Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mount Jo: 1.8 mi
- Phelps Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Algonquin Peak: 2.0 mi
- Wallface: 4.3 mi
- The Courthouse: 5.7 mi
- Weeping Winds: 6.5 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Lost Lookout: 7.2 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Falls: 2.1 mi
- Indian Falls: 2.2 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 4.0 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 4.6 mi
- Mid's Park: 8.8 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 8.9 mi
- Brewster Park: 8.9 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 13.0 mi
- Baldwin Park: 13.2 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 3.9 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 5.6 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 6.1 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 3.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 4.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 4.2 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 4.2 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 6.2 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 5.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 6.1 mi
- Henry's Woods: 7.0 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 7.1 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 12.4 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 8.4 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 8.4 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 14.1 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 14.1 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 18.5 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 15.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.7 mi
- Goolds Garden: 23.8 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 8.4 mi
- Park beach: 24.8 mi
- Tahawus: 9.1 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 14.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 16.3 mi
- Footbridge Park: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Whales Tail Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | SSE 154° | 1,629 m | 3.9 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | SW 225° | 1,555 m | 2.0 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | SSE 157° | 1,515 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Haystack | SE 145° | 1,498 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Skylight | SSE 163° | 1,495 m | 4.7 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | SW 226° | 1,472 m | 2.7 mi |
| Boundary Peak | SW 226° | 1,471 m | 2.4 mi |
| Basin Mountain | SE 130° | 1,468 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357596978
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 18 mi
- Westport · 26 mi
- Crown Point · 30 mi
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