Lake Colden is a

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

located in the Adirondack High Peaks in New York, United States. Lake Colden sits at 2764 feet (842 meters) at the western base of 4,714-foot (1,437 m) Mount Colden. To the northwest lie the MacIntyre Mountains— 5,115-foot (1,559 m)

Algonquin Peak Algonquin Peak is in the MacIntyre Range in the town of North Elba, in Essex County, New York. It is the second highest mountain in New York,Goodwin, Tony, and David Thomas-Train, Editors. ''High Peaks Trails'', 14th Edition. Lake George, NY ...

(the second highest mountain in the state), 4829-foot (1472 meter) Boundary Peak, 4,843-foot (1,476 meter) Iroquois Peak and 4,380-foot (1,335 meters) Mount Marshall.

Mount Marcy Mount Marcy (Mohawk: ''Tewawe’éstha'') is the highest point in New York, with an elevation of . It is located in the Town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain is in the heart of the Adirondack High Peaks region of the High Peaks Wildern ...

is to the east. Lake Colden is fed by Avalanche Lake, to the northeast and in turn feeds Flowed Lands, to the southwest. Being in the heart of the High Peaks, the area is very popular with hikers. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation maintains an Interior Outpost on the western shore. There are a number of campsites and

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s in the area. Lake Colden was named after David C. Colden in 1836; Colden was an investor in the

Tahawus Tahawus (also called Adirondac, or McIntyre, pronounced ) was a village in the Town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York, United States. It is now a ghost town situated in the Adirondack Park. Tahawus is located in Essex County within the unpop ...

iron works of Archibald MacIntyre.McMartin, Barbara and Bill Ingersoll, ''Discover the Adirondack High Peaks'', Canada Lake, NY: Lake View Press, 1989. .

Images

File:Joel Tyler Headley Lake Colden 1859.JPG, Mt. Colden, Caribou Mt., and Lake Colden as seen from the southwest. From Joel Tyler Headley's ''The Adirondack; or Life in the Woods'' (1849) File:Lake Colden, Adirondack High Peaks, near the Interior Outpost.jpg, Lake Colden from the Interior Outpost. Cliff Mountain, center; a

is just visible at left.

References

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