Mount Colden
Mount Colden rises to 1,436 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the east-southeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Avalanche Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Mount Colden is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the eleventh-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,714 feet (1,437 m), and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The peak is named after David C. Colden, an investor in the McIntyre Iron Works at Tahawus. The mountain is known for the Trap Dike, a large crevice that runs from a point near the summit on its west face to nearby Avalanche Lake. The summit of Mount Colden can be reached by two hiking trails, which are frequently combined to form a circuit through Avalanche Pass, or by climbing the Trap Dike. The summit is in an alpine tundra zone above the treeline, and offers views of surrounding mountains and lakes.
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Wikidata Q6920203, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1436 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 10.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 13.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 20.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Avalanche Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Gray Peak: 1.6 mi
- T R Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Algonquin Peak: 1.8 mi
- Cliff Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Wallface: 3.9 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 6.2 mi
- The Courthouse: 6.7 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Indian Falls: 1.8 mi
- Indian Falls: 1.8 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 2.3 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 2.4 mi
- Rocky Falls: 3.7 mi
- Indian Head Trailhead: 9.6 mi
- Mid's Park: 11.3 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 11.4 mi
- Brewster Park: 11.4 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 15.0 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 2.0 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 2.2 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 5.8 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 6.7 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 2.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 6.6 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 6.6 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 6.6 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 8.7 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 5.5 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 7.0 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 8.2 mi
- Henry's Woods: 9.5 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 14.5 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 10.9 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 10.9 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 16.2 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 16.3 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 19.2 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 10.9 mi
- Park beach: 22.5 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 17.5 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Tahawus: 7.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 14.9 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.7 mi
- Footbridge Park: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Mount Colden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | ESE 119° | 1,629 m | 2.0 mi |
| Algonquin Peak | NW 310° | 1,555 m | 1.8 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | SE 125° | 1,515 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Haystack | ESE 117° | 1,498 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Skylight | SE 144° | 1,495 m | 2.4 mi |
| Iroquois Peak | WNW 289° | 1,472 m | 2.0 mi |
| Boundary Peak | WNW 297° | 1,471 m | 1.9 mi |
| Basin Mountain | E 96° | 1,468 m | 3.6 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 | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:33 | 16:21 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 947091 — Mount Colden, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357554607
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 19 mi
- Westport · 26 mi
- Crown Point · 29 mi
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