Blake Peak
Blake Peak rises to 1,212 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the west-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
Blake Peak (or Blake Mountain) is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is named after Mills Blake (died 1930), Verplanck Colvin's chief assistant during the Adirondack Survey. It is part of the Colvin Range. Blake Peak is flanked to the northeast by Mount Colvin, and to the southwest by Pinnacle. The northwest side of Blake Peak drains into the East Branch of the Ausable River, between Upper and Lower Ausable Lakes. The Ausable River drains into Lake Champlain, which in turn drains into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The southeast side of Blake Peak drains into the West Inlet of Elk Lake, thence into The Branch of the Schroon River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. Blake Peak was formerly thought to have an elevation of at least 4,000 ft (1,219 m), so it was included on the list of 46 Adirondack High Peaks. More recent surveys show Blake and three other peaks fell slightly short, but they remain on the list.
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Wikidata Q4924459, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1212 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 15.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 19.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 6 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 6 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 6 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Colvin: 1.0 mi
- Cy Beedes Ledge: 1.1 mi
- Nippletop: 1.5 mi
- Otis Ledge: 1.5 mi
- Pinnacle: 1.8 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 2.2 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Lost Lookout: 3.4 mi
- King Wall: 6.0 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 6.1 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 6.1 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 11.1 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 15.3 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 15.8 mi
- Mid's Park: 16.0 mi
- The Falls: 0.7 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 1.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 2.7 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 3.6 mi
- Artists Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 2.8 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 4.5 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 4.8 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 6.4 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 9.3 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 10.6 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 11.0 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 13.4 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 8.5 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 10.2 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 10.2 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 10.2 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 13.4 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 15.6 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 15.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 15.6 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 15.7 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 18.8 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 15.6 mi
- Park beach: 17.6 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 19.5 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 19.6 mi
- Westport Beach: 21.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 15.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 19.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 19.5 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 19.6 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 23.3 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
- Tahawus: 10.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Blake Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | WNW 299° | 1,629 m | 4.5 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | WNW 297° | 1,515 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Haystack | WNW 302° | 1,498 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Skylight | WNW 286° | 1,495 m | 4.5 mi |
| Dix Mountain | E 89° | 1,473 m | 2.9 mi |
| Basin Mountain | NW 323° | 1,468 m | 3.4 mi |
| Gray Peak | WNW 295° | 1,463 m | 5.0 mi |
| Beck-horn | E 92° | 1,455 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944215 — Blake Peak, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357549296
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 15 mi
- Crown Point · 22 mi
- Westport · 22 mi
- Essex · 29 mi
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