UBV CCD photometry has been carried out on the heavily reddened (A_V_=6.7) Cepheus open cluster NGC 7419. An age of 14+/-2 Myr and a distance of 2.3kpc have been derived using the isochrones of Maeder. The mass function of the cluster satisfies the Salpeter from n(M)~M^-{gamma}^ with {gamma}=2.25. The cluster is dynamically relaxed.