Phelps Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area

Name: Phelps Mountain
Address: High Peaks Wilderness Area, United States

#28 among attractions in High Peaks Wilderness Area

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Phelps Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area

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Phelps Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is named after Orson Schofield "Old Mountain" Phelps, who cut the first trail up Mount Marcy and named several of the Adirondack peaks. It is the 32nd highest peak in New York. Phelps Mountain is flanked to the southeast by Table Top Mountain. ()

Elevation: 4160 ftProminence: 197 ftCoordinates: 44°9'25"N, 73°55'17"W

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High Peaks Wilderness Area United States

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Phelps Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Marcy, Adirondack High Peaks, Avalanche Lake, Lake Colden.

3 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Mount Marcy, High Peaks Wilderness Area
78 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.
3.1 miS
Mountain
Adirondack High Peaks, High Peaks Wilderness Area
78 min walk • The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, United States.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Wilderness Area
72 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.
3.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
95 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.
3.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Algonquin Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
86 min walk • Algonquin Peak is in the MacIntyre Range in the town of North Elba, in Essex County, New York. It is the second highest mountain in New York, and one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks in Adirondack Park.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
73 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.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wright Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
74 min walk • Wright Peak is the 16th highest peak in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Park, and is located in the MacIntyre Range in the town of North Elba, New York, in Essex County, New York. Named for N.Y.
3.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gothics, Keene
96 min walk • Gothics is a mountain in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains. The mountain gets its name due to its large rock slides' resemblance to Gothic architecture.
3.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Tear of the Clouds, High Peaks Wilderness Area
90 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.
3.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Haystack, High Peaks Wilderness Area
94 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.
3.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Mount Jo, Adirondack Park
82 min walk • Mount Jo is a 2,832-foot-tall mountain in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is in North Elba, New York on land owned by the Adirondack Mountain Club. The Adirondack Loj and Heart Lake are at the foot of Mount Jo. There are two trails that lead to its summit.