Winch Mountain
Winch Mountain rises to 591 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the west, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34821364, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 591 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 5.8 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 16.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 21.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Knob: 1.0 mi
- Ebenezer Summit: 1.2 mi
- Ebenezer Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Quaker Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Great Wall: 2.5 mi
- Moss Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Weeping Winds: 8.7 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 9.0 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Wilmington Bike Park: 2.7 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 2.7 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 2.7 mi
- Wilmington Heritage Park: 2.8 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 3.2 mi
- Flume Falls: 2.4 mi
- The Flume Fall: 2.4 mi
- Lower Stag Brook Falls: 3.4 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 3.6 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 3.8 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 1.5 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 3.1 mi
- Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Henry's Woods: 11.2 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 1.9 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 5.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 8.0 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 8.3 mi
- World War Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Potholes: 3.8 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 3.8 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 3.8 mi
- Master Pothole: 3.8 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 3.9 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 10.4 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 10.4 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.7 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.8 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 16.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 10.3 mi
- Westport Beach: 21.3 mi
- Port Kent Public Beach Park: 22.8 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 17.0 mi
- Goolds Garden: 22.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.2 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.4 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 5.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 23.7 mi
- Tahawus: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Winch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | W 281° | 1,466 m | 5.4 mi |
| Esther Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,293 m | 5.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,242 m | 4.9 mi |
| Kilburn Mountain | SW 232° | 1,182 m | 5.4 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | SW 222° | 1,174 m | 4.1 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | W 274° | 1,111 m | 4.7 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,104 m | 3.4 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,102 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
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/357597524
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 15 mi
- Westport · 21 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
- Charlotte · 28 mi
- Shelburne · 28 mi
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