Allen Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
#30 among attractions in High Peaks Wilderness Area
Facts and practical information
Allen Mountain is located in Essex County, New York. It is part of the Marcy Group of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains, and is flanked to the north by Mount Skylight. ()
High Peaks Wilderness Area United States
Allen Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Mount Marcy, Adirondack High Peaks, Avalanche Lake, Lake Colden.
- 3 miNNatural attraction, Mountain, Park
Mount Marcy, High Peaks Wilderness Area
77 min walk • Mount Marcy is the highest point in New York, with an elevation of 5,344 feet. It is located in the Town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain is in the heart of the Adirondack High Peaks region of the High Peaks Wilderness Area.
- 3 miNMountain
Adirondack High Peaks, High Peaks Wilderness Area
77 min walk • The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, United States.
- 4.5 miNNature, Natural attraction, Lake
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Wilderness Area
115 min walk • Avalanche Lake is a 9-acre mountain lake located in the Adirondack High Peaks in New York. Avalanche Lake sits at 2885 feet between 4,714-foot Mount Colden and-3816 foot Avalanche Mountain.
- 4.1 miNWNature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
105 min walk • Lake Colden is a 41-acre lake located in the Adirondack High Peaks in New York, United States. Lake Colden sits at 2764 feet at the western base of 4,714-foot Mount Colden.
- 4 miNNature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
102 min walk • Mount Colden is the eleventh-highest peak in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States. The peak was named after David S. Colden, an investor in the McIntyre Iron Works, in 1836. The peak was briefly renamed "Mount McMartin" the next year, but the older name persisted.
- 2.5 miNNature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Tear of the Clouds, High Peaks Wilderness Area
64 min walk • Lake Tear of the Clouds is a small tarn located in the town of Keene, in Essex County, New York, United States, on the southwest slope of Mount Marcy, the state's highest point, in the Adirondack Mountains.
- 3.1 miNENature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Haystack, High Peaks Wilderness Area
80 min walk • Mount Haystack is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondack High Peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is the third highest peak in the state, after Algonquin Peak and Mount Marcy.
- 2 miNNature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Skylight, High Peaks Wilderness Area
52 min walk • Mount Skylight is a mountain in the Adirondack High Peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It gets its name from its open, bare and relatively flat summit, unusual in the Adirondack High Peaks. Skylight is the fourth highest peak in New York.
- 4.4 miNENature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Basin Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
112 min walk • Basin Mountain is the ninth-highest peak of the High Peaks Region in the Adirondack Park in the U.S. State of New York. The peak was named by Verplanck Colvin for several basins formed between knobs on its slopes.
- 5 miNENature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Saddleback Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
128 min walk • Saddleback Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains. The 0.2 mi long summit ridge has peaks at each end with a pronounced dip between, giving it the profile of a saddle. Saddleback Mtn. is...
- 2.8 miNNature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gray Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
72 min walk • Gray Peak is the seventh-highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park, in New York, United States, and is located in close proximity to Mount Marcy, the highest peak in New York state. Gray Peak is southwest of Mt. Marcy and southeast of Mount Colden. It was named for Asa Gray by Verplanck Colvin.