Mount Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area

Name: Mount Colden
Address: High Peaks Wilderness Area, United States

#8 among attractions in High Peaks Wilderness Area

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain, Top attraction

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Mount Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area

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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. The mountain is known for its distinctive Trap Dike, a large crevice running up the center of the mountain, which can clearly be seen from Avalanche Lake. ()

Elevation: 4715 ftProminence: 876 ftCoordinates: 44°7'36"N, 73°57'38"W

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High Peaks Wilderness Area United States

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Mount Colden – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

2.1 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Mount Marcy, High Peaks Wilderness Area
53 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.
2.1 miSE
Mountain
Adirondack High Peaks, High Peaks Wilderness Area
53 min walk • The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, United States.
0.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Wilderness Area
15 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.
1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
26 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.
1.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Algonquin Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
45 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 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wright Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
50 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.
1.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Tear of the Clouds, High Peaks Wilderness Area
48 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.
3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Haystack, High Peaks Wilderness Area
85 min walk • Mount Haystack is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondack High Peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is the third highest peak in the state, after Algonquin Peak and Mount Marcy.
2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Iroquois Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
51 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.
2.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Skylight, High Peaks Wilderness Area
61 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.
3.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Basin Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
94 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.