Basin Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area

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

#16 among attractions in High Peaks Wilderness Area

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Basin Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area

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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. It is located in the High Peaks Wilderness Area. A basin is an area of land enclosed by higher land. ()

Elevation: 4826 ftProminence: 725 ftCoordinates: 44°7'16"N, 73°53'11"W

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High Peaks Wilderness Area United States

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

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

1.9 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Mount Marcy, High Peaks Wilderness Area
50 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.
1.9 miW
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Adirondack High Peaks, High Peaks Wilderness Area
50 min walk • The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, United States.
4.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Wilderness Area
104 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.
3.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
94 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 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gothics, Keene
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2.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Tear of the Clouds, High Peaks Wilderness Area
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1.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Haystack, High Peaks Wilderness Area
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3.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Colvin, Adirondack Park
81 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.
2.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Skylight, High Peaks Wilderness Area
69 min walk • Mount Skylight is a mountain in the Adirondack High Peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It gets its name from its open, bare and relatively flat summit, unusual in the Adirondack High Peaks. Skylight is the fourth highest peak in New York.
0.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Saddleback Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
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3.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
83 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.