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Calamity Brook

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🏞️ Attractions

Mount Adams (1,073 m)
Mount Adams (1,073 m)Summits & peaks

mountain in Essex County of New York

0 km · ~1 min walkDirections ↗
Calamity Mountain (1,099 m)Summits & peaks

mountain in United States of America

7.3 km · ~82 min driveDirections ↗
Mount Marshall (1,333 m)Summits & peaks

mountain in United States of America

7.3 km · ~82 min driveDirections ↗
Hanging Spear FallsWaterfalls7.3 km · ~82 min driveDirections ↗
Airplane WreckageAttractions7.3 km · ~82 min driveDirections ↗
Macintyre Primitive AreaParks & play13 km · ~63 min driveDirections ↗
Summit RockAttractions19.2 km · ~78 min driveDirections ↗
High Peaks WildernessParks & play

The High Peaks Wilderness Area is the largest wilderness area of the Forest Preserve in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in three counties and six towns in the Adirondack Park: Harrietstown in Franklin County, North Elba, Keene, North Hudson and Newcomb in Essex County and Long Lake in Hamilton County.

19.2 km · ~78 min driveDirections ↗
Tahawas Primitive AreaParks & play19.2 km · ~78 min driveDirections ↗
MacIntyre FallsWaterfalls112.1 km · ~165 min driveDirections ↗
Rocky FallsWaterfalls112.1 km · ~165 min driveDirections ↗

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