Marcy Dam, High Peaks Wilderness Area

Name: Marcy Dam
Address: High Peaks Wilderness Area, United States

#37 among attractions in High Peaks Wilderness Area

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Marcy Dam was a wooden dam on the Marcy Brook in the Adirondack High Peaks in North Elba, New York, United States; it impounded Marcy Dam Pond. An early version of the dam was constructed by the Conservation Corps during the 1930s. It was rebuilt most recently during the early 1970s. ()

Coordinates: 44°9'30"N, 73°57'4"W

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High Peaks Wilderness Area United States

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Marcy Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

3.4 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Mount Marcy, High Peaks Wilderness Area
88 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.
3.4 miSE
Mountain
Adirondack High Peaks, High Peaks Wilderness Area
88 min walk • The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, United States.
1.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Wilderness Area
49 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.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
73 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.
2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Algonquin Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
52 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.
2.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
57 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.
1.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wright Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
38 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.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Tear of the Clouds, High Peaks Wilderness Area
93 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.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Iroquois Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
71 min walk • Iroquois Peak is the eighth-highest peak in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State, U.S. and is part of the MacIntyre Range, which also includes Wright Peak, Mount Marshall, and Algonquin Peak.
2.3 miN
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Mount Jo, Adirondack Park
59 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.
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Basin Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
105 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.