Jay Mountain Wilderness Area, Adirondack Park

#180 among attractions in Adirondack Park

Natural attraction, Protected area

Jay Mountain Wilderness Area location map

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The Jay Mountain Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, lies within the towns of Jay and Lewis in Essex County, New York. It is bounded by Glen Road on the south and private land boundaries elsewhere, except where the road west of Mt. Fay divides an appendage of state lands. ()

Coordinates: 44°17'54"N, 73°40'5"W

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Jay Mountain Wilderness Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station, Jay Bridge, Jay Mountain, Hurricane Mountain.

4.8 miSW
Tower
Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station, Adirondack Park
123 min walk • The Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Hurricane Mountain at Keene in Essex County, New York.
5.9 miNW
Bridge
Jay Bridge, Jay
150 min walk • Jay Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that spans the east branch of the Ausable River in Jay, Essex County, New York, USA. It is eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
0.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jay Mountain, Adirondack Park
20 min walk • Jay Mountain is the 79th highest peak of the Adirondack Mountains. It is located in Essex County, New York, in the Jay Mountain Wilderness Area, within the towns of Jay and Lewis.
5.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hurricane Mountain, Adirondack Park
140 min walk • Hurricane Mountain is a 3,688-foot-tall mountain near Keene in the north of the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks in New York, United States.
5.9 miNW
Library, Tudor Revival architecture
Wells Memorial Library, Wilmington
151 min walk • Wells Memorial Library is a historic library building located at Upper Jay, Essex County, New York. It was built in 1907, and is a 1 1/2-story, square, frame building with Tudor Revival and Arts and Crafts design elements.
5.1 miE
Church
First Congregational Church and Cemetery
132 min walk • First Congregational Church and Cemetery is a historic Congregational church and cemetery on US 9 at Elizabethtown-Lewis Road in Lewis, Essex County, New York.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bitch Mountain, Adirondack Park
121 min walk • Bitch Mountain is a summit in Essex County, New York, in the United States. With an elevation of 2,625 feet, Bitch Mountain is the 527th highest summit in the state of New York. Bitch Mountain has been noted for its unusual place name.
6 miNW
Tudor Revival architecture
Wellscroft, Wilmington
154 min walk • Wellscroft is a historic estate complex located at Upper Jay in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1903 and is a large and distinguished Tudor Revival–style summer estate home. It is a long, 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular-shaped building with several projecting bays, porches, gables and dormers, a porte cochere and a service wing.
2.4 miN
Cemetery
Queensbury Quaker Burying Ground, Adirondack Park
63 min walk • Queensbury Quaker Burying Ground, also known as the Queensbury Friends Cemetery and Old Quaker Cemetery, is a historic Quaker burying ground located near Queensbury in Warren County, New York.