The mountain is named after Mills Blake (died 1930), Verplanck Colvin’s chief assistant during the Adirondack Survey.

Blake Peak is flanked to the northeast by Mount Colvin, and to the southwest by Pinnacle.

The southeast side of Blake Peak drains into the West Inlet of Elk Lake, thence into The Branch of the Schroon River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay.

More recent surveys show Blake and three other peaks fell slightly short, but they remain on the list.

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