High Peaks Wilderness Area

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backcountry region hiking destination protected area wilderness area

The High Peaks Wilderness Area is a vast, rugged backcountry region in New York’s Adirondack Park, renowned for its numerous high-elevation summits, including many of the state’s tallest mountains, and extensive hiking and backpacking opportunities.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
High Peaks Wilderness Area canonical	30
High Peaks Wilderness	12
Adirondack Forest Preserve Eastern High Peaks region vicinity	1
Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness	1
Adirondack backcountry	1
Giant Mountain Wilderness Area	1
High Peaks Wilderness Area unit	1
High Peaks Wilderness region of the Adirondacks	1
High Peaks Wilderness trail system	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	backcountry region ⓘ hiking destination ⓘ protected area ⓘ wilderness area ⓘ
accessPoint	Adirondak Loj trailheads ⓘ Garden trailhead in Keene Valley ⓘ Upper Works trailhead near Newcomb ⓘ
adjacentTo	Dix Mountain Wilderness Area ⓘ Giant Mountain Wilderness ⓘ surface form: Giant Mountain Wilderness Area Sentinel Range Wilderness Area ⓘ
administeredBy	New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ⓘ
contains	Algonquin Peak ⓘ Avalanche Lake (Adirondacks) ⓘ Basin Mountain (Adirondacks) ⓘ Cliff Mountain (Adirondacks) ⓘ Flowed Lands ⓘ Gothics ⓘ Gray Peak (Adirondacks) ⓘ Indian Pass ⓘ Johns Brook Valley ⓘ Lake Colden ⓘ Marcy Dam area ⓘ Mount Colden ⓘ Mount Haystack ⓘ Mount Marcy ⓘ Phelps Mountain ⓘ surface form: Phelps Mountain (Adirondacks) Redfield Mountain ⓘ Saddleback Mountain (Adirondacks) ⓘ Skylight ⓘ Tabletop Mountain (Adirondacks) ⓘ Upper Ausable Lake headwaters region ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governingLaw	Article XIV of the New York State Constitution ⓘ surface form: “Forever Wild” clause of the New York State Constitution
hasDesignation	High Peaks Wilderness Complex management unit ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Marcy ⓘ
highestPointElevation	1629 m ⓘ 5344 ft ⓘ
iucnCategory	Ib ⓘ
knownFor	alpine and subalpine ecosystems ⓘ backpacking routes ⓘ containing many of the tallest mountains in New York State ⓘ extensive hiking opportunities ⓘ numerous high-elevation summits ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ
locatedIn	Adirondack Mountains ⓘ Adirondack Park ⓘ Essex County, New York ⓘ Franklin County, New York ⓘ Hamilton County, New York ⓘ New York ⓘ
partOf	New York Forest Preserve ⓘ surface form: Forest Preserve of New York State
popularActivity	backpacking ⓘ day hiking ⓘ mountain climbing ⓘ winter mountaineering ⓘ
regulation	bear canister requirement in core areas during certain seasons ⓘ camping restrictions near trails and water bodies ⓘ group size limits for hikers and campers ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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Essex County, New York → contains → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Giant Mountain Wilderness Area

Saranac Lake → hasNearbyProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Adirondack Park → containsFeature → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

New York State Route 73 → passesNear → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Feldspar Brook → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Feldspar Brook → flowsThrough → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Opalescent River → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

St. Huberts, New York → hasAccessTo → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Santanoni Preserve → adjacentTo → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness region of the Adirondacks

Town of Newcomb → locatedNear → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

McKenzie Mountain Wilderness → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adirondack Forest Preserve Eastern High Peaks region vicinity

Keene, New York → hasNaturalFeature → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Mount Marcy → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Adirondack Forty-Six High Peaks → hasRegion → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Speculator, New York → isGatewayTo → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adirondack backcountry

Indian Pass → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Flowed Lands → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Tahawus → locatedNear → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Tahawus → hasNearbyProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Avalanche Pass → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Avalanche Pass → recreationArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness trail system

Keene Valley, New York → near → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness

NY-73 → providesAccessTo → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Calamity Brook → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Lake Colden → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Algonquin Peak → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Phelps Mountain → region → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Skylight → locatedIn → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

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Skylight → withinProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Gothics → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Mount Colden → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Mount Colden → withinProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Tabletop Mountain (Adirondacks) → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Avalanche Lake (Adirondacks) → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Marcy Dam area → locatedIn → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Marcy Dam area → withinManagementUnit → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness Area unit

Adirondak Loj trailheads → hasAccessTo → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Upper Works trailhead near Newcomb → accesses → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

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this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Mount Jo → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Wright Peak → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Basin Mountain (Adirondacks) → liesWithin → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Saddleback Mountain (Adirondacks) → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Tabletop Mountain → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Cliff Mountain (Adirondacks) → locatedInProtectedArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Gray Peak (Adirondacks) → region → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Redfield Mountain → locatedInWildernessArea → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Peaks Wilderness

Mount Haystack → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ

Indian Head Lookout → partOf → High Peaks Wilderness Area ⓘ