Cascade Mountain
Cascade Mountain rises to 1,249 m in New York. Basin Mountain stands 1,468 m to the south, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Porter Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
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. A trail to the summit of Cascade Mountain begins on New York State Route 73, 6.8 miles (10.9 km) from the center of Keene and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from the Adirondak Loj road. The trail continues 2.4 miles (3.9 km) and ascends 1,940 feet (590 m) to the bare rocky peak, which offers views of many other High Peaks and the Champlain Valley. Cascade is one of the most popular hikes in the Adirondacks, and regularly faces issues with overcrowding at the summit and overflowing parking, which motivated a decision to replace the existing trail with a longer, 4.3 miles (6.9 km) trail, beginning at the Mount Van Hoevenberg trailhead. As of 2025, the new trail remains under construction.
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Wikidata Q5048152, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1249 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 6.6 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 19.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 21.0 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Porter Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Laramore Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Bear Cubby: 1.2 mi
- Porter Mountain - East Peak: 1.5 mi
- Pitchoff Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Weeping Winds: 1.9 mi
- The Courthouse: 3.0 mi
- Lost Lookout: 6.6 mi
- Case Wall: 6.8 mi
- Case Wall: 6.8 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 6.6 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 7.0 mi
- Mid's Park: 7.9 mi
- Brewster Park: 8.0 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 8.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 0.6 mi
- Hulls Falls: 3.4 mi
- Bushnell Falls: 5.2 mi
- Russell Falls: 6.0 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 6.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 5.9 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 6.0 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 6.0 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 6.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 3.3 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 6.6 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 6.9 mi
- Henry's Woods: 7.0 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 10.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 3.1 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 3.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 3.2 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 5.8 mi
- Skyride: 5.8 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 7.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 7.7 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.3 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.3 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 15.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 7.5 mi
- Westport Beach: 21.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 23.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 23.7 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.0 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 23.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 23.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 23.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 16.4 mi
- Goolds Garden: 24.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.5 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 10.2 mi
- Tahawus: 15.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Cascade Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Mountain | S 191° | 1,468 m | 6.9 mi |
| Gothics | S 179° | 1,425 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | S 178° | 1,401 m | 6.6 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | S 187° | 1,375 m | 6.4 mi |
| Armstrong Mountain | S 175° | 1,320 m | 5.8 mi |
| Table Top Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,312 m | 6.1 mi |
| Upper Wolfjaw Mountain | S 172° | 1,281 m | 5.5 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,280 m | 2.6 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 | 07:29 | 15:32 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945952 — Cascade Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357552549
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 13 mi
- Westport · 21 mi
- Essex · 26 mi
- Crown Point · 28 mi
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