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New York County High Points

Showing Darryl Montgomery's first ascent dates for climbed peaks

Rank	County	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 5)	Prom-Ft	Ascent Date
1.	Westchester	Bailey Benchmark	980	Southern Taconic Range	40	2012-04-01
2.	Bronx	Bronx High Point	280	Southern Taconic Range	180	2012-04-01
3.	New York	Manhattan High Point	265	Northeast Terminal Moraine	265	2012-04-01
4.	Queens	North Shore Towers Country Club	260	Northeast Terminal Moraine	90	2012-04-01
5.	Kings	Battle Hill	220	Northeast Terminal Moraine	135	2012-04-01
	Essex	Mount Marcy	5344	Adirondack High Peaks	4914
	Franklin	Seward Mountain	4331	Adirondack High Peaks	2021
	Ulster	Slide Mountain	4180	Southern Catskills	3280
	Greene	Hunter Mountain	4040	Central Catskills	2140
	Hamilton	Snowy Mountain	3898	Southern Adirondacks	2225
	Clinton	Lyon Mountain	3820	Northern Adirondacks	2212
	Warren	Gore Mountain	3563	Southern Adirondacks	1850
	Delaware	Bearpen Mountain-Northwest Peak	3520	Northwest Catskills	20
	Schoharie	Huntersfield Mountain	3423	Northern Catskills	1483
	Sullivan	Beech Mountain	3118	Southwest Catskills	98
	Rensselaer	Berlin Mountain	2818	Berkshire Hills	1558
	Fulton	Pigeon Mountain	2780	Southern Adirondacks	851
	Saratoga	Tenant Mountain	2756	Southern Adirondacks	1142
	Herkimer	Herkimer County High Point	2697	Southern Adirondacks	414
	Saint Lawrence	Mount Matumbla	2688	Northern Adirondacks	1079
	Washington	Black Mountain	2640	Eastern Adirondacks	2280
	Allegany	Alma Hill	2548	Northern Allegheny Plateau	948
	Cattaraugus	Clare Benchmark	2430	Northern Allegheny Plateau	330
	Otsego	Otsego County High Point	2420	Northwest Catskills	80
	Steuben	Call Hill	2400	Northern Allegheny Plateau	500
	Steuben	or Jackson Hill	2400	Northern Allegheny Plateau	220
	Dutchess	Brace Mountain	2323	Southern Taconic Range	197
	Ontario	Frost Hill	2280	Finger Lakes	1120
	Livingston	Tabor Benchmark	2244	Finger Lakes	1044
	Chautauqua	Gurnsey Benchmark	2180	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0
	Albany	Henry Hill	2160	Northern Catskills	280
	Madison	Madison County High Point	2140	Finger Lakes	980
	Yates	Yates County High Point	2140	Finger Lakes	160
	Cortland	Virgil Mountain	2132	Finger Lakes	932
	Wyoming	Wyoming County High Point	2116	Northern Allegheny Plateau	96
	Lewis	Gomer Hill	2110	Tug Hill	970
	Columbia	Alander Mountain-Southwest Ridge	2110	Southern Taconic Range	0
	Tompkins	Connecticut Hill	2099	Finger Lakes	1119
	Schuyler	Sugar Hill	2090	Finger Lakes	950
	Broome	Slawson Benchmark	2080	Northwest Catskills	320
	Onondaga	Morgan Hill	2060	Finger Lakes	780
	Chenango	Chenango County High Point	2040	Northwest Catskills	220
	Tioga	Tioga County High Point	1994	Finger Lakes	334
	Erie	Sardinia Benchmark	1940	Northern Allegheny Plateau	490
	Oneida	Tassel Hill	1940	Finger Lakes	400
	Chemung	North Martin Hill	1914	Finger Lakes	639
	Cayuga	Cayuga County High Point	1860	Finger Lakes	540
	Jefferson	Jefferson County High Point	1740	Tug Hill	40
	Oswego	Oswego County High Point	1730	Tug Hill	50
	Orange	Schunnemunk Mountain	1664	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	1164
	Seneca	Hector Backbone-North Slope	1640	Finger Lakes	0
	Montgomery	Willse Hill-Northeast Area	1600	Finger Lakes	0
	Putnam	Scofield Ridge	1540	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	120
	Genesee	Genesee County High Point	1470	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0
	Schenectady	Schenectady County High Point	1456	Northern Catskills	616
	Rockland	Rockhouse Mountain	1283	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	203
	Rockland	or Jackie Jones Mountain	1280	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	240
	Monroe	Hopper Hills-Middle Summit	1040	Finger Lakes	20
	Orleans	Pine Hill	740	Northern Allegheny Plateau	90
	Wayne	East Johnson Hill	701	Finger Lakes	240
	Niagara	Bunker Hill	675	Northern Allegheny Plateau	35
	Richmond	Todt Hill	410	Northeast Terminal Moraine	410
	Suffolk	Jaynes Hill	380	Northeast Terminal Moraine	380
	Nassau	Harbor Hill	360	Northeast Terminal Moraine	165

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List Description

Acknowledgments

Sources that were used to help me compile this list include:

Over 30 of these points I determined by personal research done prior to 1990.
Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 1993 by Andy Martin.
Book Peak Experience: Hiking the Hihgest Summits in New York, County by County by Gary Fallesen (2000, Footprint Press)

Links

New York County High Points

Selected Guidebook(s) for this List

Peak Experiences, Hiking the Highest Summits of New York (Fallesen)

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