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Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain, New York

Prominence: 328 ft, 100 m

Elevation: 2165+ feet, 660+ meters

True Isolation: 0.97 mi, 1.56 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 660 - 670 m (10-meter closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 2165 ft / 660 m (Range 660 - 670 m)
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Alternate: Pokamoonshine Mountain
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	44° 24' 7'' N, 73° 30' 48'' W 44.401982, -73.513242 (Dec Deg) 618392 E 4917597 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New York
County/Second Level Region	Essex
City/Town	Chesterfield
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Poke-O-Moonshine at SummitPost.org Pokamoonshine Mountain at ListsOfJohn.com Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain: Fire Tower Challenge (Adirondack/Catskill) (Rank #27) Adirondack 29er Challenge (Rank #39)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 425 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 377) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2003-07-02 by Erik Kellerman 2013-03-11 by Ben Morrow 2013-08-03 by Alan Bangel 2013-08-25 by Thomas Caruso 2013-09-08 by Trevor Kent 2014-06-28 by Maribeth Williams (Unsuccessful) 2014-08-03 by Deb & Rob Osterhoudt 2014-10-12 by Ruud van den Boom (GPS Track) 2015-05-30 by DJ Fortune 2015-08-14 by Dan Quinlan (GPS Track) 2015-10-11 by Crystal Davis 2015-11-29 by Dave Dunham (GPS Track) 2016-10-09 by Sylvain Louhaur (GPS Track) 2016-12-31 by Brian Gordon (GPS Track) 2017-03-18 by Tim Webb (GPS Track) 2017-09-13 by Alyssa Losee 2017-09-13 by Christa Kearsey 2017-11-18 by Lori S 2018-02-10 by Lori S 2018-07-20 by Jordyn Danforth 2019-02-26 by Douglas Fortman (GPS Track) 2019-08-03 by Crystal Davis 2020-08-09 by Crystal Davis 2021-03-07 by Jeremy Knopp 2021-05-01 by Jen Masa (GPS Track)
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We were looking for a short climb to view a sunset and a meteor show. This was a very rocky and moderately steep all the way up. We were tuning up for a Saturday climb of Lower & Upper Wolfjaws and Armstrong Mountains.

Pokamoonshine Mountain Fire Tower (2013-05-12). Photo by Jennifer Hopper. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 328 ft/100 m Optimistic Prominence: 392 ft/120 m Key Col: 1837 ft/560 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 0.97 mi/1.56 km Isolation Limit Point: 44.405, -73.5325 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Carl Mountain (WNW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Canadian Shield Range4: Adirondack Mountains Range5: Eastern Adirondacks
Drainage Basins	Ausable Lake Champlain Richelieu St. Lawrence Gulf of St. Lawrence Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Adirondack State Park
Topo Map	Au Sable Forks K44073d5 1:25,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

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Tower with hoar ice (2015-11-29). Photo by Dave Dunham.
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With my friend Jacques (2017-11-18). Photo by Lori S.
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Poke-O-Moonshine ADK Fire Tower winter rocker 2/10/18 (2018-02-10). Photo by Lori S.
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A rocky trail! (2018-07-20). Photo by Christina Bushunow.
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View from Poke-O-Moonshine summit looking towards Lake Champlain (2016-06-04). Photo by Keith Gros.
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