Black Mountain, New York

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 2640 - 2660 ft     (20-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 2640 ft / 805 m     (Range 2640 - 2660 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	43° 36' 24'' N, 73° 31' 52'' W 43.606685, -73.531189 (Dec Deg) 618536 E 4829238 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New York
County/Second Level Region	Washington (Highest Point)
City/Town	Dresden
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Black Mountain":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Black Mountain at SummitPost.org      Black Mountain at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Black Mountain Washington County New York at Mountain-Forecast.com      Black Mountain B at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      CoHP.org Trip Report for Washington, NY by Michael Schwartz      CoHP.org Trip Report for Washington, NY by Keith Lynip      CoHP.org Trip Report for Washington, NY by Brennan Connelly Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Black Mountain:      Northeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #31)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #47)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #212)      Fire Tower Challenge (Adirondack/Catskill) (Rank #20)      Adirondack 29er Challenge (Rank #30)      Lake George 12ster Hiking Challenge (Rank #1)      Northeastern USA CoHPs (Rank #75)      New York County High Points (Rank #16)      Mid-Atlantic CoHPs (Rank #26)      High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #114) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Peak Experiences, Hiking the Highest Summits of New York (Fallesen)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 477      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 422) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2008-11-06 by Ben Lostracco      2009-08-08 by Ben Morrow      2012-03-31 by Jason Musits (GPS Track)      2012-03-31 by Doug Harple      2012-05-25 by Dennis Poulin (GPS Track)      2012-10-08 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2012-12-15 by Matthew Ledwith      2013-01-19 by Ben Morrow      2013-08-30 by Alan Bangel      2014-06-15 by Dan Quinlan (GPS Track)      2014-07-28 by Alyssa Losee      2014-08-24 by Trevor Kent (GPS Track)      2014-08-30 by Christa Kearsey      2015-04-25 by Brian Gordon (GPS Track)      2015-07-11 by DJ Fortune      2015-09-19 by Robert Durfee (GPS Track)      2015-09-20 by Spencer Corcoran      2015-12-16 by Ed Kobos      2016-03-05 by Mary Ruth Merkel      2016-12-19 by Jillian Smith (GPS Track)      2017-06-03 by Colin Thomas (GPS Track)      2017-06-12 by Todd Jennings      2017-07-02 by Wayne Snyder (GPS Track)      2017-08-01 by Connor McEntee (GPS Track)      2017-09-17 by Jen Masa (GPS Track)      2017-10-16 by Ben Morrow      2018-03-10 by Lori S      2019-06-26 by Gustav Sexauer      2019-10-05 by Justin Metzger (GPS Track)      2020-04-19 by Justin Metzger (GPS Track)      2020-09-20 by Jen Masa (GPS Track)      2020-10-25 by Micah Schneider      2020-12-24 by Colin Thomas (GPS Track)
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The summit of Black Mountain offers this fanstastic and colorful view of Lake George in the fall (2012-10-08). Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2280 ft/695 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2320 ft/707 m   Line Parent: Grace Mountain   Key Col: 360 ft/110 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 21.61 mi/34.78 km    Isolation Limit Point: 43.5483, -73.9542 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Herrick Mountain  (W)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Canadian Shield Range4: Adirondack Mountains Range5: Eastern Adirondacks
Drainage Basins	Lake Champlain Richelieu St. Lawrence Gulf of St. Lawrence Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Adirondack State Park
Topo Map	Shelving Rock O43073e5 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Black Mountain Fire Tower (2013-06-17). Photo by Jennifer Hopper. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Mountain looking not so black (2017-05-20). Photo by Pat Wymore. Click here for larger-size photo.

Pic 1 (2017-08-12). Photo by Zachary Taylor. Click here for larger-size photo.

View from below the firetower, gate was locked so you can't climb up it. (2017-08-12). Photo by Zachary Taylor. Click here for larger-size photo.

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