Mount Van Hoevenberg, Adirondack Park

Name: Mount Van Hoevenberg
Address: Adirondack Park, United States

#35 among attractions in Adirondack Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. Named for Henry Van Hoevenberg, it is best known for the location of the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, and of a network of cross-country ski trails. The Mount Van Hoevenberg sports complex was used to host the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. ()

Elevation: 2939 ftProminence: 2057 ftCoordinates: 44°12'51"N, 73°55'31"W

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Mount Van Hoevenberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Cascade Mountain, James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.

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Sport venue, Sport
Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, Adirondack Park
5 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.
3.5 miNW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Adirondack Park
88 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.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cascade Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
83 min walk • Cascade Mountain is in Essex County of New York. It is one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks and is located in the Adirondack Park. Its name comes from a series of waterfalls on a brook near the mountain's base. The lake it flows into and the pass between Cascade and Pitchoff mountains are also named Cascade.
5.5 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Ice rink
James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink, North Pole
141 min walk • The James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink is an outdoor artificial ice track for speedskating in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The arena hosted the speedskating events at both the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. During the time between the two Olympics events, the rink hosted Lake Placid High School football games.
5.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wright Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
130 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.
2.7 miSW
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Mount Jo, Adirondack Park
69 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 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Phelps Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
102 min walk • Phelps Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is named after Orson Schofield "Old Mountain" Phelps, who cut the first trail up Mount Marcy and named several of the Adirondack peaks. It is the 32nd highest peak in New York.
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Nye Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
133 min walk • 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.
3.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Big Slide Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
89 min walk • Big Slide Mountain can refer to several...
2.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pitchoff Mountain, Sentinel Range Wilderness Area
73 min walk • Pitchoff Mountain is a 3,600-foot mountain opposite Cascade Mountain on NY 73 west of Keene Valley in Essex County, New York, in the US.
4.1 miS
Dam
Marcy Dam, High Peaks Wilderness Area
104 min walk • 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.