Wright Peak
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Wright Peak rises to 1,389 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the southeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Strategic Air Command Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 6.2 miles off. 241 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
Wright Peak is a mountain in the MacIntyre Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 16th-highest of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,580 feet (1,400 m). It is located in the town of North Elba in Essex County. The peak is named after Silas Wright, a New York senator and governor. The mountain is popular for back-country skiing in the winter and features trails to the summit as well as long landslides on its slopes.
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Wikidata Q8038240, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,389 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 8.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.7 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 19.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
241 named places within 25 miles
- Algonquin Peak: 0.7 mi
- Boundary Peak: 1.1 mi
- Avalanche Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Whales Tail Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Iroquois Peak: 1.4 mi
- Wallface: 3.0 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 5.8 mi
- The Courthouse: 6.9 mi
- Weeping Winds: 7.9 mi
- Lost Lookout: 8.0 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 0.5 mi
- Rocky Falls: 1.7 mi
- Indian Falls: 2.6 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 3.5 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 4.8 mi
- Mid's Park: 9.6 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 9.6 mi
- Brewster Park: 9.7 mi
- Baldwin Park: 13.3 mi
- Prescott Park: 13.8 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 0.0 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 3.9 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 5.1 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 6.3 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 1.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 5.4 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 5.4 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 5.4 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 5.7 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 6.4 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 7.3 mi
- Henry's Woods: 7.7 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 13.7 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 9.2 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 9.2 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 14.2 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 14.3 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 19.7 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 15.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.8 mi
- Goolds Garden: 23.9 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 24.4 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.9 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 9.2 mi
- Park beach: 24.5 mi
- Tahawus: 7.8 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 15.2 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 16.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wright Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | SE 134° | 1,629 m | 3.9 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | SSW 213° | 1,555 m | 0.7 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | SE 137° | 1,515 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Haystack | SE 129° | 1,498 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Skylight | SSE 146° | 1,495 m | 4.3 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | SW 222° | 1,472 m | 1.4 mi |
| Boundary Peak | SW 221° | 1,471 m | 1.1 mi |
| Basin Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,468 m | 5.1 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357597986
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 19 mi
- Westport · 27 mi
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