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Whiteface Mountain
- Easiest route
- 0.6 km+136 m · about 0.5 h
- Prominence
- 947 m3,107 ft
- Isolation
- 25 km
- Tonight
- 23°FCloudy · Wind 6–10 mph N
Whiteface Mountain is a 1,484 m (4,867 ft) mountain in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,484 m · 4,867 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Algonquin Peak (1,559 m)
- Range
- Adirondack Mountains
- Region
- New York, United States
- Protected area
- Whiteface Mountain Ski Center
- Coordinates
- 44.3658° N, 73.9030° W
How to get to the top of Whiteface Mountain
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.6 km NE of Whiteface Mountain
- Distance
- 0.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +136 m(446 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Whiteface Mountain 3D map
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Whiteface Mountain terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Whiteface Mountain weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 23°F (-5°C) · Wind 6–10 mph N
Whiteface Mountain forecast for the summit, about 1,184 m.
- Tonight23°–6–10 mph N
- Sat28°44°–5–9 mph W
- Sun38°51°–9 mph SW
- Mon29°48°7%8–15 mph W
- Tue25°36°4%5–9 mph N
- Wed34°42°7%3 mph S
- Thu40°49°25%12 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:36 UTC.
Camping & parking near Whiteface Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Whiteface Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.2 km NNW
Nearest trailhead
3.4 km S
Nearest campsite
Wilmington Notch Campground
Nearest caravan site
Adirondack Park
Nearest hut
Wilderness Inn Restaurant Bar
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.2 km NNW |
| Parking | 0.7 km NNW |
| Parking | 0.7 km NNW |
| Trailhead | 3.4 km S |
| Wilmington Notch CampgroundCampsite | 3.8 km ESE |
| Adirondack ParkCaravan site | 5.4 km E |
| Wilderness Inn Restaurant BarHut | 5.7 km ENE |
| Lake Placid / Whiteface Mtn. KOA HolidayCaravan site | 6.0 km ENE |
| Connery Pond Parking AreaTrailhead | 7.5 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Whiteface Mountain?
The easiest mapped route, 0.6 km from 1,343 m to 1,484 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°0.4 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.9 km, measured from the Whiteface Mountain summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Little Whiteface Mountain1,111 m 1.4 km SE
- 2Lookout Mountain1,242 m 1.8 km NE
- 3Baldwin Hill984 m 2.5 km NNW
- 4Esther Mountain1,293 m 2.6 km NNE
- 5Eagle Eyrie802 m 3.8 km WSW
- 6Marble Mountain833 m 3.9 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.9 km; 615 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Balsam fir145
- Three-toothed cinquefoil133
- Bog bilberry123
- Canadian bunchberry118
- Cutler's goldenrod92
- Bog Labrador Tea78
Where Whiteface Mountain sits
- Range
- Adirondack Mountains6
- Region
- New York58United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Lake Placid566 m↑9.3 km SW
Mirror Lake↑11 km SW
Lake Flower↑18 km WSW
Avalanche Lake↑26 km SSW
Mount MarcyPeak · 1,629 m↑28 km S
More in the Adirondack Mountains 2
Whiteface Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,482 m at the summit; the official height is 1,484 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,484 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 1,482 m | -1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 1,482 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 1,480 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,468 m | -15 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-16)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia