Ampersand Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area

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

#7 among attractions in High Peaks Wilderness Area

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain, Top attraction

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Ampersand Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area

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Ampersand Mountain is a 3,352 ft mountain in Franklin County in the High Peaks Wilderness Area of the northeastern Adirondacks, west of the High Peaks proper in New York State. The trail up the mountain begins on New York State Route 3 8.1 miles southwest of the village of Saranac Lake, near Middle Saranac Lake; it is a popular day hike. The mountain takes its name from nearby Ampersand Creek, so named because it twists and turns like the ampersand symbol. The summit is bare rock, with extensive views of the High Peaks to the east and the Saranac Lakes to the west. Stony Creek Mountain is located west-southwest of Ampersand Mountain. The mountain is notable as the land surrounding its hiking trail's initial ascent is generally acknowledged as unlogged old growth forest. ()

First ascent: 1872Elevation: 3353 ftProminence: 1313 ftCoordinates: 44°14'5"N, 74°12'10"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Oseetah Lake, Lower Saranac Lake, Weller Pond, Dewey Mountain.

4.9 miNE
Lake, Hiking, Hiking trail
Oseetah Lake, Adirondack Park
126 min walk • Oseetah Lake is an 826-acre lake with a mean depth of three feet. It is in New York State's Adirondack Park, two and a half miles south of the village of Saranac Lake on the Saranac River.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lower Saranac Lake, Adirondack Park
119 min walk • Lower Saranac Lake is one of three connected lakes, part of the Saranac River, near the village of Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks in northern New York. With Middle Saranac Lake and Upper Saranac Lake, a 17-mile paddle with only one portage is possible.
5.1 miNW
Protected area
Weller Pond
131 min walk • Weller Pond is a 177-acre wilderness pond 8 miles southwest of the village of Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks in northern New York within Franklin County. The lake is found at an elevation of 1,539 feet. It is connected to Middle Saranac Lake and is entirely state-owned.
5.8 miNE
Mountain
Dewey Mountain, Saranac Lake
149 min walk • Dewey Mountain is a 2,090-foot-tall mountain in Franklin County, New York just south of the village of Saranac Lake. A hill that slopes down to Lake Flower and is a shoulder of Dewey Mountain has been called Blood Hill, Maple Hill, or sometimes Reservoir Hill.
3.3 miW
Mountain
Stony Creek Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
83 min walk • Stony Creek Mountain is a 2,986 ft mountain located west of the Hamlet of Coreys in Franklin County in the northeastern Adirondacks, in New York. It is named after the nearby Stony Creek Ponds and Stony Creek, which are located to the west.
5.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Seward Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
132 min walk • Seward Mountain is a mountain located in Franklin County, New York, of which it is the highest point. Seward Mtn. is named after William H. Seward, Governor of New York, and United States Secretary of State. The mountain is part of the Seward Mountains of the Adirondacks.
5.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Donaldson Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
143 min walk • Donaldson Mountain is a mountain located in Franklin County, New York, named in 1924 after Alfred Lee Donaldson, author of A History of the Adirondacks. The mountain is part of the Seward Mountains of the Adirondacks. Donaldson Mtn. is flanked to the northeast by Seward Mountain, and to the south by Mount Emmons.
5.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Seymour Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
141 min walk • Seymour Mountain is a mountain located in Franklin County, New York, named after Horatio Seymour, Governor of New York. The mountain is part of the Seward Mountains of the Adirondacks.
3.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Middle Saranac Lake, Adirondack Park
93 min walk • Middle Saranac Lake, also called Round Lake, is the smallest of three connected lakes, part of the Saranac River, near the village of Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks in northern New York. Two-thirds of its shoreline is state-owned.
6.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Flower, Adirondack Park
171 min walk • Lake Flower is a 300 acres lake in Franklin County and Essex County in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York in the United States. The lake was created by damming the Saranac River in 1827. It was originally called the Mill Pond, but was later named for New York Governor Roswell P. Flower.
4.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kiwassa Lake, Adirondack Park
120 min walk • Kiwassa Lake, originally called Lonesome Pond, is a 280-acre lake in the north-central Adirondack Park, south of Dewey Mountain, between Lower Saranac Lake and Oseetah Lake, two miles southwest of the village of Saranac Lake, New York, United States.