Shoebox Falls
Shoebox Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 441 m. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the west-southwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunshine City, a cliff 1.3 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 0.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 16.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 19.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 2 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 3 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 3 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunshine City: 1.3 mi
- Birch Wall: 1.3 mi
- Vanity Face: 1.3 mi
- Nestle Wall: 1.3 mi
- King Wall: 2.0 mi
- Noble Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Spotted Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Nubble: 2.8 mi
- Holcomb Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 2.1 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 2.4 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 3.2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 3.5 mi
- Russell Falls: 4.3 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 5.3 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 10.2 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 2.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 7.3 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 11.4 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 14.3 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 9.2 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 11.8 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 13.1 mi
- Milholland Park: 13.7 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 13.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 12.6 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 12.6 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 12.6 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 14.1 mi
- Skyride: 15.8 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 9.6 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 9.7 mi
- The Iron Center: 13.8 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 15.5 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 15.7 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 13.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 14.0 mi
- Westport Beach: 15.1 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 17.7 mi
- Park beach: 19.2 mi
- Footbridge Park: 9.5 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 13.7 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 13.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 14.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.9 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 6.7 mi
- Tahawus: 17.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Shoebox Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,473 m | 3.9 mi |
| Beck-horn | WSW 238° | 1,455 m | 3.9 mi |
| Giant Mountain | N 359° | 1,410 m | 3.5 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | W 278° | 1,401 m | 6.9 mi |
| Nippletop | WSW 253° | 1,393 m | 5.0 mi |
| Hough Peak | SW 226° | 1,341 m | 4.0 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | NNE 12° | 1,338 m | 3.1 mi |
| Macomb Mountain | SW 217° | 1,336 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
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, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2502343810
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 8 mi
- Westport · 15 mi
- Crown Point · 18 mi
- Essex · 23 mi
- Charlotte · 28 mi
- Middlebury · 29 mi
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