High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
New York Scenic Byway 29 mi in New York.
About the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
The High Peaks Scenic Byway winds past the Adirondacks' highest peaks and along some of its most picturesque waters, including Chapel Pond, Johns Brook, Roaring Brook Falls and the Cascade Lakes. There are over 40 high peaks in the Adirondack Park that are over 4,000 feet in elevation. The Byway carries more than four million travelers annually through spectacular mountain passes and river valleys, verdant forests and hamlets with long and proud pasts. The byway provides a gateway to unsurpassed recreational access points to the High Peaks of the Adirondacks for hiking, boating, canoeing, biking, rock climbing, fishing, white water rafting, sightseeing, cross country skiing.
New York State Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. Byway page on dot.ny.gov.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 29 · 2.5 mi offSharp Bridge Campground · State park · 39 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.