Blake Peak, Adirondack Park

#60 among attractions in Adirondack Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Blake Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is named after Mills Blake, Verplanck Colvin’s chief assistant during the Adirondack Survey. It is part of the Colvin Range. Blake Peak is flanked to the northeast by Mount Colvin, and to the southwest by Pinnacle. ()

Prominence: 558 ftCoordinates: 44°4'53"N, 73°50'42"W

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Blake Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Marcy, Adirondack High Peaks, Gothics, Mount Haystack.

4.5 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Mount Marcy, High Peaks Wilderness Area
114 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.
4.5 miNW
Mountain
Adirondack High Peaks, High Peaks Wilderness Area
114 min walk • The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, United States.
3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gothics, Keene
84 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.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Haystack, High Peaks Wilderness Area
83 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.
1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Colvin, Adirondack Park
27 min walk • Mount Colvin is the 39th highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains in the U.S. State of New York. Mount Colvin offers excellent views of a number of other Adirondack High Peaks, most notably the peaks that comprise the Great Range.
4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Skylight, High Peaks Wilderness Area
114 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.
3.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hough Peak, Adirondack Park
88 min walk • Hough Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain, part of the Dix Range, is named after Franklin B. Hough, the first chief of the United States Division of Forestry, and sometimes called the "father of American forestry".
2.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dix Mountain, Adirondack Park
74 min walk • The Dix Range is a range of mountains in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, southeast of Mount Marcy and the Ausable valley, in northeastern New York State.
3.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Basin Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
88 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.
3.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Saddleback Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
89 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...
3.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Armstrong Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
94 min walk • Armstrong Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, named after Thomas Armstrong, a local pioneer. The mountain is part of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains.