Camp Uncas, Blue Ridge Wilderness Area

#2 among attractions in Blue Ridge Wilderness Area

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Camp Uncas is an Adirondack Great Camp, the second built by William West Durant for his own use. It lies on the shore of 110-acre Lake Mohegan, near Great Camp Sagamore, and was completed in two years. ()

Coordinates: 43°44'40"N, 74°38'54"W

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Blue Ridge Wilderness Area United States

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Camp Uncas – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sagamore Camp, Mohegan Lake, Eagles Nest Lake, Brown Tract Pond Campground.

1.8 miNE
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Sagamore Camp, Adirondack Park
46 min walk • Great Camp Sagamore is one of several historic Great Camps located in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State.
~1400 ftW
Lake
Mohegan Lake, Blue Ridge Wilderness Area
7 min walk • Mohegan Lake is a lake located south of Raquette Lake, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, lake trout, white sucker, landlocked salmon, black bullhead, yellow perch, and sunfish.
4.2 miW
Lake
Eagles Nest Lake
106 min walk • Eagles Nest Lake is located east of Inlet, New York. The outlet creek flows into Seventh Lake. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, and lake trout. There is access by trail from Eighth Lake Campground.
5.2 miNW
Park, Campsite
Brown Tract Pond Campground, Adirondack Park
132 min walk • Brown Tract Pond Campground is a campground run by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in Raquette Lake, New York.
2.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Sagamore Lake, Blue Ridge Wilderness Area
56 min walk • Sagamore Lake is a lake located south of Raquette Lake, New York. Sagamore Lake was known as Shedd Lake before being renamed "Sagamore Lake" by Alfred G. Vanderbilt after he purchased Great Camp Sagamore in 1901. South Inlet is the outlet creek, which flows into Raquette Lake.
4.5 miW
Area
Goff Island
116 min walk • Goff Island is an island on Seventh Lake in Hamilton County, New York.
5.4 miN
Vernacular architecture
Camp Pine Knot, Adirondack Park
139 min walk • Camp Pine Knot, also known as Huntington Memorial Camp, on Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, was built by William West Durant.
4.4 miN
Interesting neighbourhood
Whelan Camp, Blue Ridge Wilderness Area
112 min walk • Whelan Camp is a historic late period Adirondack Great Camp and national historic district located on Raquette Lake at Long Lake in Hamilton County, New York. The district includes four contributing buildings and one contributing structure.