Mount Emmons (New York)

Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons (left) seen from Seymour Mountain,
March 1995
Highest point
Elevation4,040 ft (1,230 m) NGVD 29[1]
ListingAdirondack High Peaks 40th[2]
Coordinates44°08′37″N 74°12′51″W / 44.1436698°N 74.2140464°W / 44.1436698; -74.2140464[3]
Naming
EtymologyEbenezer Emmons
Geography
Mount Emmons is located in New York
Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons
Location of Mount Emmons within New York
Mount Emmons is located in the United States
Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons (the United States)
LocationFranklin County, New York,
United States
Parent rangeSeward Mountains,
Adirondack Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Ampersand Lake
Climbing
First ascentOctober 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
  2. ^ "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Emmons
  4. ^ Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 242–246. ISBN 9781404751200.
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 119.
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