Giant Mountain Wilderness Area, Adirondack Park

#192 among attractions in Adirondack Park

Natural attraction, Protected area

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The Giant Mountain Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, lies in Essex County, New York, in the towns of Elizabethtown and Keene. It is roughly bounded by NY 9N on the north, NY 73 on the west and south and US 9 on the east. It includes two bodies of water covering 5 acres, 12.5 miles of trails, and a single lean-to. ()

Coordinates: 44°4'23"N, 73°44'6"W

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Giant Mountain Wilderness Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ausable Club, Mount Colvin, Hough Peak, Dix Mountain.

5.9 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Ausable Club, Adirondack Park
151 min walk • The Ausable Club, in St. Huberts, New York, is the name of a club and the clubhouse of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve, which upon the initiative of William George Neilson, formed in 1887 to save the lands around Beede's Hotel from the lumber industry. The Reserve once owned most of the Adirondack High Peaks.
5.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Colvin, Adirondack Park
132 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.
2.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hough Peak, Adirondack Park
55 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".
2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dix Mountain, Adirondack Park
67 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.
4.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Noonmark Mountain, Adirondack Park
109 min walk • Noonmark Mountain is a 3,556-foot mountain near St. Huberts in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks in New York, United States.
7.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
182 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.
1.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Grace Peak, Adirondack Park
32 min walk • Grace Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. It is part of the Dix Range, named after John A. Dix, New York Secretary of State in 1837, and later Governor.
7.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
183 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.
3.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dial Mountain, Adirondack Park
98 min walk • Dial Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Colvin Range. Dial Mountain is flanked to the southwest by Nippletop.
2.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Macomb Mountain, Adirondack Park
69 min walk • Macomb Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is named after Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, who won acclaim during the War of 1812 at the Battle of Plattsburgh, and served as Commanding General of the United States Army.
1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dix Mountain, Adirondack Park
45 min walk • Dix Mountain is the sixth highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park, and is located roughly on the boundary between the towns of North Hudson and Keene in Essex County, New York.