Mount Emmons (New York)
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| Mount Emmons | |
|---|---|
 Mount Emmons (left) seen from Seymour Mountain, March 1995 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,040 ft (1,230 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks 40th[2] |
| Coordinates | 44°08′37″N 74°12′51″W / 44.1436698°N 74.2140464°W[3] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Ebenezer Emmons |
| Geography | |
  Mount Emmons Location of Mount Emmons within New York  Mount Emmons Mount Emmons (the United States) | |
| Location | Franklin County, New York, United States |
| Parent range | Seward Mountains, Adirondack Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Ampersand Lake |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | October 14, 1870, by Verplanck Colvin and Alvah Dunning[4] |
Mount Emmons is a mountain located in the Adirondack Mountains near the southern edge of Franklin County, New York, United States.
Description
[edit]The mountain is located within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of Adirondack Park. The mountain (elevation 4,022 feet [1,226 m])[3] is part of the Seward Mountains of the Adirondacks. Mount Emmons is flanked to the north by Donaldson Mountain and is the westernmost of the 46 High Peaks.
The summit is named after Ebenezer Emmons[5] (1799–1863), a geologist who named the Adirondack Mountains and led the first recorded ascent of Mount Marcy in 1837.
Mount Emmons stands within the watershed of the Cold River, which drains into the Raquette River, the Saint Lawrence River in Canada, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The east side of Mt. Emmons drains into Seward Brook, thence into the Cold River. The west side of Emmons drains into Boulder Brook, thence into the Cold River.
See also
[edit]
- List of mountains in New York
- Northeast 111 4,000-footers
- Adirondack High Peaks
- Adirondack Forty-Sixers
References
[edit]- ^ Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
- ^ "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Emmons
- ^ Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 242–246. ISBN 9781404751200.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 119.
External links
[edit]
- "Mount Emmons, New York". Peakbagger.com.
- "Mount Emmons". SummitPost.org.
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