Nye Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area

#32 among attractions in High Peaks Wilderness Area

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Nye Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, named after William B. Nye, an Adirondack mountain guide. Nye Mountain is part of the Street Range of the Adirondack Mountains; it is flanked to the southwest by Street Mountain. ()

Elevation: 3888 ftProminence: 131 ftCoordinates: 44°11'14"N, 74°1'26"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Avalanche Lake, Lake Colden.

5.3 miNE
Sport venue, Sport
Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, Adirondack Park
136 min walk • The Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in the United States, located at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York.
5.2 miNE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Adirondack Park
132 min walk • The John Brown Farm State Historic Site includes the home and final resting place of abolitionist John Brown. It is located on John Brown Road in the town of North Elba, 3 miles southeast of Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to teach farming to African Americans.
4.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Wilderness Area
120 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.
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
127 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.
3.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Algonquin Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
90 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.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
134 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.
3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wright Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
84 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.
3.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Iroquois Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
95 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.
3.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wallface Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
88 min walk • Wallface Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is named after the cliff on its southeastern side. Wallface is flanked to the west by MacNaughton Mountain, and faces Mount Marshall to the southeast across Indian Pass.
2.8 miE
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Mount Jo, Adirondack Park
72 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.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Van Hoevenberg, Adirondack Park
133 min walk • Mount Van Hoevenberg is a summit point located in the Adirondack Mountains in the Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, 9 miles east-southeast of the village of Lake Placid.