Swimming hole and water fall
Swimming hole and water fall is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 649 m. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the west, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Spotted Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 2.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 14.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 17.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 17.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 4 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 4 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spotted Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Grace Peak: 1.3 mi
- Hough Peak: 1.7 mi
- Beck-horn: 1.7 mi
- Dix Mountain: 1.8 mi
- King Wall: 3.3 mi
- Sunshine City: 3.4 mi
- Birch Wall: 3.4 mi
- Vanity Face: 3.4 mi
- Nestle Wall: 3.4 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 2.4 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 3.7 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 3.9 mi
- Artists Falls: 4.2 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 4.6 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 4.4 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 8.8 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 4.9 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 7.5 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 9.6 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 15.3 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 10.0 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 10.6 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 15.4 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 15.5 mi
- Milholland Park: 16.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 12.6 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 12.6 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 12.7 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 12.8 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 15.9 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 12.0 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 12.1 mi
- The Iron Center: 14.8 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 15.4 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 16.5 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 14.9 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 15.0 mi
- Westport Beach: 17.2 mi
- Park beach: 17.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 18.0 mi
- Footbridge Park: 11.9 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 14.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 14.9 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 15.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.7 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 5.3 mi
- Tahawus: 15.1 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Swimming hole and water fall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | W 267° | 1,473 m | 1.8 mi |
| Beck-horn | W 261° | 1,455 m | 1.7 mi |
| Gothics | WNW 300° | 1,425 m | 6.1 mi |
| Giant Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,410 m | 5.5 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | WNW 298° | 1,401 m | 5.9 mi |
| Nippletop | W 276° | 1,393 m | 3.3 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,375 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hough Peak | SW 234° | 1,341 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 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/9127012269
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 11 mi
- Westport · 17 mi
- Crown Point · 18 mi
- Essex · 25 mi
- Charlotte · 30 mi
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