Couchsachraga Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area

#41 among attractions in High Peaks Wilderness Area

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Couchsachraga Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. "Couchsachraga" is based on an Algonquin or Huron name for the area, meaning "dismal wilderness". The mountain is part of the Santanoni Mountains of the Adirondacks. Couchsachraga Peak is flanked to the east by Panther Peak. There is no marked trail to the summit, which, being fully forested, has no views. ()

Elevation: 3793 ftProminence: 250 ftCoordinates: 44°5'46"N, 74°9'39"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Santanoni Peak, Seward Mountain, Mount Emmons, Panther Peak.

1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Santanoni Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
45 min walk • Santanoni Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Santanoni Mountains of the Adirondacks.
4.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Seward Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
123 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.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Emmons, High Peaks Wilderness Area
108 min walk • Mount Emmons is a mountain located in the Adirondack Mountains near the southern edge of Franklin County, New York, United States.
1.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Panther Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
37 min walk • Panther Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Santanoni Mountains of the Adirondacks. Panther Peak is flanked to the west by Couchsachraga Peak, and to the south by Santanoni Peak.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Donaldson Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
121 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.
4.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Seymour Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
110 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.
4.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Henderson Lake, High Peaks Wilderness Area
119 min walk • Henderson Lake is a lake in the Adirondack mountains in the town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York in the United States. It was named in 1826 after David Henderson, one of the founders of the Elba Iron Works near Lake Placid, New York, and of the Upper Works at Tahawus, New York.
5.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
MacNaughton Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
145 min walk • MacNaughton Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, named after James MacNaughton, the grandson of Archibald McIntyre. The mountain is part of the Street Range of the Adirondack Mountains.
5.3 miE
Tower
Mount Adams Fire Observation Station, Adirondack Park
136 min walk • The Mount Adams Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Adams at Newcomb in Essex County, New York.
4.4 miNE
Park
High Peaks Wilderness, High Peaks Wilderness Area
113 min walk • The High Peaks Wilderness Area, the largest Forest Preserve unit in the U.S. state of New York, is located in three counties and six towns in the Adirondack Park: Harrietstown in Franklin County, North Elba, Keene, North Hudson and Newcomb in Essex County and Long Lake in Hamilton County.