Cascade Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area

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

#4 among attractions in High Peaks Wilderness Area

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Cascade Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area

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Cascade Mountain is in Essex County of New York. It is one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks and is located in the Adirondack Park. Its name comes from a series of waterfalls on a brook near the mountain's base. The lake it flows into and the pass between Cascade and Pitchoff mountains are also named Cascade. ()

First ascent: 1872Elevation: 4098 ftProminence: 1180 ftCoordinates: 44°13'7"N, 73°51'37"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Mount Jo, Mount Van Hoevenberg.

3.2 miW
Sport venue, Sport
Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, Adirondack Park
82 min walk • The Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in the United States, located at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York.
6 miW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Adirondack Park
152 min walk • The John Brown Farm State Historic Site includes the home and final resting place of abolitionist John Brown. It is located on John Brown Road in the town of North Elba, 3 miles southeast of Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to teach farming to African Americans.
5.7 miW
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Mount Jo, Adirondack Park
145 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.
3.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Van Hoevenberg, Adirondack Park
83 min walk • Mount Van Hoevenberg is a summit point located in the Adirondack Mountains in the Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, 9 miles east-southeast of the village of Lake Placid.
5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
129 min walk • Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is located in Essex County, New York. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant named Lower Wolfjaw, together with neighboring Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, about 1870 for their appearance in profile.
5.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Phelps Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
134 min walk • 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.
5.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
139 min walk • Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant named the mountain, in combination with neighboring Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, c. 1870 for their appearance in profile.
5.1 miSE
Bridge
Beer's Bridge, Adirondack Park
131 min walk • Beer's Bridge is a historic Pratt Pony truss bridge over the Ausable River at Keene Valley in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1900 by the Pratt, Tomas & Caleb Company. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Big Slide Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
66 min walk • Big Slide Mountain can refer to several...
1.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pitchoff Mountain, Sentinel Range Wilderness Area
40 min walk • Pitchoff Mountain is a 3,600-foot mountain opposite Cascade Mountain on NY 73 west of Keene Valley in Essex County, New York, in the US.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Big Slide Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
66 min walk • Big Slide Mountain is a mountain in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park in New York. The mountain is the twenty-seventh highest peak in the High Peaks Region. The peak was named for the prominent steep cliff that rises to its summit. It is located in the High Peaks Wilderness Area.