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Porter Mountain Trail Via Marcy Field
On Porter Mountain, Northern High Peaks
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–25 °C (52–77 °F)
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- F-2°-12°60
- M3°-7°69
- A11°1°73
- M18°7°82
- J23°13°95
- J25°16°95
- A24°15°92
- S19°11°87
- O12°4°91
- N5°-2°80
- D-1°-10°73
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Porter Mountain Trail Via Marcy Field is a trail in New York, United States of America, about 5.5 km (3.4 mi) in length. It is on Porter Mountain in the Northern High Peaks. It lies about 14 km east of North Elba.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 5.5 km · 3.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- New York Department of Environmental Conservation
- Mountain
- Porter Mountain (mountain, 1,151 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Northern High Peaks (Adirondack High Peaks › Adirondack Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km E of North Elba (Essex County, New York) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Porter Mountain Trail Via The Garden (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New York
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.2180, -73.7888
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreBaxter Mountain Trail
1.2 mi · 1.9 km · New York
Porter Mountain Trail Via The Garden
2.3 mi · 3.7 km · New York
Little Porter Mountain Trail
2.4 mi · 3.9 km · New York
The Brothers Trail
2.4 mi · 3.9 km · New York
Flume Brook Trail
2.9 mi · 4.6 km · New York
Rooster Comb Trail
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · New York
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