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Looking north-west from Cascade Mountain. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Cascade Mountain sits along the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) at 4,098 feet, with the terrain dropping 987 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. The view faces 300°, a direction that looks toward sunset through most of the year. Cascade Falls lies close by to the west-northwest at 0.6 miles, while Mount Van Hoevenberg, home to the Lake Placid Bobsled Experience, stands 3.5 miles to the west. Other peaks in view include Scotts Cobble, Slide Mountain, and Mount Jo, along with features tied to the Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, Skyride, and Sky Flyer Zipline near 5.8 miles to the west-northwest. Mountain Pass Lodge and the Cliffside Coaster also appear to the west, both near 3 miles out. The mountain took its current name after a 19th-century landslide split a pond at its base into two, later named the Cascade Lakes for the waterfall that formed along the slide path; the peak itself was renamed Cascade Mountain around 1878. The nearest towns, Burlington and South Burlington, lie over 36 miles to the east-northeast, with Plattsburgh slightly farther north. The stop connects along the byway between the Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex K-120 Meter Jump Observation Deck and Snow Mountain Lookout.

Access
0.9 mi detour
Elevation
4,098 ft
View
Northwest · 300°
Light
Best at sunset
Relief
987 ft drop
In view
11 named features
view-from-cascade.jpg
Good Free Photos · CC BY 3.0 · source
Cascade Lakes - Lake Placid, NY 01.2009
matt.a · CC BY 3.0 · source
view-from-cascade.jpg
Good Free Photos · CC BY 3.0 · source
Summit of Cascade Peak in the Adirondacks, NY.
Christian Collins · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
top of Cascade Mtn. in the Adirondacks.
skym4k3r · CC0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.

  • Cascade Falls2,842 ftwest-northwest · 0.6 mi
  • Mountain Pass Lodge2,072 ftwest · 3.1 mi
  • Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg2,071 ftwest · 3.1 mi
  • Cliffside Coaster2,096 ftwest · 3.2 mi
  • Mount Van Hoevenberg2,934 ftwest · 3.5 mi
  • Scotts Cobble2,560 ftwest-northwest · 4.0 mi
  • Slide Mountain3,572 ftnorth-northwest · 4.2 mi
  • Mount Jo2,867 ftwest-southwest · 5.7 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex1,742 ftwest-northwest · 5.8 mi
  • Skyride1,800 ftwest-northwest · 5.8 mi
  • Sky Flyer Zipline1,909 ftwest-northwest · 5.8 mi

Light

This overlook faces sunset 30° off square to it.

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox07:0019:0818:30
June solstice05:1320:4319:59
September equinox06:4318:5518:17
December solstice07:2916:2015:32

Local time (America/New_York). Computed for this exact position.

Where it is

  • Burlington36.6 mi east-northeast
  • South Burlington37.8 mi east-northeast
  • Plattsburgh38.6 mi north-northeast
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Mount Van Hoevenberg · WikipediaCC BY-SA

Mount Van Hoevenberg is a mountain summit located in the Adirondack Mountains in the Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, about 9 miles (15 km) east-southeast of the village of Lake Placid. Named for Henry Van Hoevenberg, the mountain is best known as the location of a winter sports complex containing bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks, plus a network of cross-country ski trails, which was used to host events during the 1932 (bobsleigh) and 1980 Winter Olympics.

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Cascade Mountain is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 36th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,098 feet (1,249 m). The mountain is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. Prior to 1860, the mountain was named "Long Pond Mountain" for a pond located at its base. Long Pond was divided by a landslide shortly after 1860, and the divided ponds were named "Edmund's Ponds" until 1878, when Sidney and Warren Weston built a hotel in between the two ponds. They renamed the ponds the "Cascade Lakes", after a waterfall flowing down the mountain in the path of the landslide, and Long Pond Mountain was renamed to Cascade Mountain. The earliest recorded ascent was made in 1872 by a trapper named Lon Pierce.

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How high is Cascade Mountain?

Cascade Mountain sits at about 4,098 feet (1,249 m).

What can you see from Cascade Mountain?

From Cascade Mountain: Cascade Falls (WNW, 0.6 mi); Mountain Pass Lodge (W, 3.1 mi); Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg (W, 3.1 mi); Cliffside Coaster (W, 3.2 mi).

Is Cascade Mountain better at sunrise or sunset?

Sunset. The land falls away from Cascade Mountain toward the sunset, so at sunrise the light is behind you. Exact times shift through the year; the page shows the current window.

What is the nearest town to Cascade Mountain?

Burlington, 37 miles ENE of Cascade Mountain.

What is the next lookout after Cascade Mountain?

Snow Mountain Lookout is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Cascade Mountain.

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