Mount Electra, Five Ponds Wilderness Area

#12 among attractions in Five Ponds Wilderness Area

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Mount Electra is a 2,260-foot-tall mountain in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is located north-northeast of Little Rapids in the Town of Webb in Herkimer County. Deer Mountain is located north-northwest of Mount Electra. The mountain was previously known as Rock Lake Mountain. Around 1920, a 60-foot-tall steel fire lookout tower was built on the mountain. The tower was dismantled in 1989 and left at the mountain top. ()

Coordinates: 43°58'59"N, 74°50'41"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Lake Lila, Buck Pond, Grassy Pond, Deer Pond.

4.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Lila, William C. Whitney Wilderness Area
120 min walk • Lake Lila is a remote 1,436 acres lake in the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, in the west-central portion of the Adirondack Park. It is accessed via a 6-mile dirt road. Boat access to the lake is by hand-launch only, after a 0.3-mile portage from the parking lot.
1 miS
Lake
Buck Pond, Five Ponds Wilderness Area
27 min walk • Buck Pond is a small lake north of the hamlet of Keepawa in Herkimer County, New York. It drains southeast via an unnamed creek that flows into Alder Creek.
3.7 miNW
Lake
Grassy Pond, Five Ponds Wilderness Area
95 min walk • Grassy Pond is a small lake north-northwest of Little Rapids in Herkimer County, New York. It drains southwest via an unnamed creek which flows into Oven Lake.
2.3 miNW
Lake
Deer Pond, Five Ponds Wilderness Area
60 min walk • Deer Pond is a small lake north of the hamlet of Little Rapids in Herkimer County, New York. It drains north via an unnamed creek that flows into Oswegatchie River.
6.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Partlow Mountain, Five Ponds Wilderness Area
158 min walk • Partlow Mountain is a summit in Herkimer County, New York in the Adirondack Mountains. It is located north-northwest of Little Rapids in the Town of Webb. Greenfield Mountain is located east of Partlow Mountain.
5.3 miNW
Mountain
Greenfield Mountain, Five Ponds Wilderness Area
135 min walk • Greenfield Mountain is a summit in Herkimer County, New York in the Adirondack Mountains. It is located north-northwest of Little Rapids in the Town of Webb. Deer Mountain is located southeast and Partlow Mountain is located west of Greenfield Mountain.
3.7 miW
Lake
Elbow Pond, Five Ponds Wilderness Area
94 min walk • Elbow Pond is a small lake northwest of Little Rapids in Herkimer County, New York. It drains southwest via an unnamed creek which flows into Witchhopple Lake.
7.1 miSW
Italianate architecture
Blatchley House
180 min walk • The Blatchley House is a historic house located at 370 Blatchley Road near Jordanville, Herkimer County, New York.
5.9 miNW
Park
Five Ponds Wilderness, Five Ponds Wilderness Area
152 min walk • The Five Ponds Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Fine and Clifton in St. Lawrence County, the town of Webb in Herkimer County and the town of Long Lake in Hamilton County.