Mount Marcy, New York

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 5344 ft / 1629 m
Alternate Name(s)	Tahawus
Subpeaks	Gray Peak (4826 ft/1471 m) Little Marcy (4744 ft/1446 m) Mount Marcy-Northwest Peak (4406 ft/1343 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	44° 6' 46'' N; 73° 55' 26'' W 44.112857, -73.923784 (Dec Deg) 586121E 4884971N Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New York (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Essex (Highest Point)
City/Town	Keene (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Marcy":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      CoHP.org Trip Report for Essex, NY by David Galvin      CoHP.org Trip Report for Essex, NY by Thomas Harper      CoHP.org Trip Report for Essex, NY by Adam Helman      CoHP.org Trip Report for Essex, NY by Edward Earl Lists that contain Mount Marcy:      Adirondack Mountains 3700-foot Peaks (Rank #1)      Adirondack 46ers (Rank #1)      Adirondack Hundred Highest (Rank #1)      New York County High Points (Rank #1)      Mid-Atlantic CoHPs (Rank #1)      Northeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #2)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2500 feet of Prominence (Rank #3)      Northeast USA Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #4)      Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" Peaks (Rank #4)      U.S. State Park High Points (Rank #5)      Northeast USA 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #6)      Northeast "115" 4000-footers (Rank #6)      United States State High Points (plus DC) (Rank #21)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #21)      USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #28)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #31)      USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #58)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #58)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #82)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #147)      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #444) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)        Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)        Adirondack Trails High Peaks Region (Goodwin, Burdick)        Peak Experiences, Hiking the Highest Summits of New York (Fallesen) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1984-06-25 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      1985-08-25 by Ben Lostracco      1988-09-19 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      1998-08-28 by Alan Bangel      2008-03-15 by John Sherback      2008-09-01 by Kat Bel      2009-10-14 by JF Theroux (GPS Track)      2010-02-27 by Mark Lentz      2010-03-13 by Jerry Meitz      2010-06-25 by Marlin Thorman (GPS Track)      2010-07-06 by Jesse Quonce      2010-08-06 by Austin Black      2010-08-28 by Mike Tangolics      2010-10-02 by Austin Black      2010-10-30 by Sean Ryan (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)      2011-08-13 by Ed Wandall      2011-08-17 by Spencer Corcoran      2011-08-21 by Gabriel Couët (GPS Track)      2011-10-23 by Arya Morshed      2011-11-11 by Anthony Fiorentino II      2011-11-21 by Dan Quinlan      2012-05-06 by Mike Guethle      2012-05-27 by Dennis Poulin (GPS Track)      2012-08-09 by William Musser      2012-08-16 by Elizabeth Sweet (GPS Track)      2012-08-16 by Scott Duclos (GPS Track)      2012-09-22 by Jim DeLillo (GPS Track)      2013-04-21 by Nick Goumas View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mount Marcy      Elevation Ladder from Mount Marcy      Prominence Ladder from Mount Marcy

Marcy is framed by trees in this view from Lake Tear of the Clouds, the highest lake source of the Hudson.
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 4914 ft/1498 m Optimistic Prominence: 4924 ft/1501 m Key Col: Erie Canal 430 ft/131 m  (10 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 420 and 430 feet.     Topo Map: Rome O43075b4 1:24,000     Key Col Lat/Long: 43° 12' 4'' N; 75° 27' 13'' W     Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Isolation	129.64 mi/208.64 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Monroe  (E) Isolation Limit Point: 44° 15' 18'' N; 71° 19' 19'' W     ILP Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Canadian Shield Range4: Adirondack Mountains (Highest Point) Range5: Adirondack High Peaks (Highest Point) Range6: Marcy Group (Highest Point)
Ridges/Divides	Appalachian Divide
Drainage Basins	Lake Champlain (HP) Richelieu (HP) St. Lawrence (HP) Gulf of St. Lawrence (HP) Atlantic Ocean Hudson (HP) New York Harbor (HP) Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Adirondack State Park (Highest Point) Wilderness/Special Area: High Peaks SWA (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Mount Marcy K44073a7 1:25,000
First Ascent	August 05, 1837 John Cheney Ebenezer Emmons James Hall David Henderson Harvey Holt Charles Ingham William Redfield John Torrey
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail: Van Hoevenburg Trail Trailhead: Adirondak Loj 2182 ft/665 m Vertical Gain: 3162 ft/964 m
Route #2	Maintained Hiking Trail: Feldspar Trailhead: Tahawus 1800 ft/549 m Vertical Gain: 3544 ft/1080 m
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