Point Balk

Point Balk is a cape in Essex, New York and has an elevation of 4,360 feet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Marcy and Mount Haystack.

Mount Marcy

Peak

Photo: Daniel T, Public domain.

Mount Marcy is the highest point in the Adirondack Mountains and the U.S. state of New York, with an elevation of 5,343.2 feet. It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County.

Mount Haystack is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains of New York. With an elevation of 4,960 feet, it is the third-highest mountain in New York and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park.

Basin Mountain

Peak

Photo: Aepstein607, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Basin Mountain is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the ninth-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,827 feet, and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park.

Point Balk

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: Essex, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.11672° or 44° 7′ 0″ north

Longitude

-73.89959° or 73° 53′ 59″ west

Elevation

4,360 feet (1,329 metres)

Open location code

87P84482+M5

GeoNames ID

5107792

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