Peakbagger.com
Peak Lists	Climbers	Ranges	Geography	Help	Search	Log In

Northern Adirondacks

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Whiteface Mountain (4865 ft/1483 m)
Countries	United States (74%), Canada (26%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	New York (73%), Québec (26%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	4,741 sq mi / 12,279 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	85 mi / 136 km North-South 86 mi / 139 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	44° 49' N; 74° 8' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
Search Engines - search the web for "Northern Adirondacks": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search

Map of Northern Adirondacks
Click on red triangle icons for links to other ranges.

Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Northern Adirondacks.

Adirondack Mountains	Level 4 (Parent)
Northwest Adirondacks	Level 5 (Sibling)
Northern Adirondacks	Level 5
West Lake Placid Area	Level 6 (Child)
Whiteface Mountain Area	Level 6 (Child)
Sentinel Range	Level 6 (Child)
Adirondack High Peaks	Level 5 (Sibling)
Eastern Adirondacks	Level 5 (Sibling)
Tug Hill	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southern Adirondacks	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northern Adirondacks

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Whiteface Mountain	4865	1483	Whiteface Mountain Area
2.	Esther Mountain	4239	1292	Whiteface Mountain Area
3.	Moose Mountain	3898	1188	West Lake Placid Area
4.	Kilburn Mountain	3881	1183	Sentinel Range
5.	Sentinel Mountain	3858	1176	Sentinel Range
6.	McKenzie Mountain	3832	1168	West Lake Placid Area
7.	Lyon Mountain	3820+	1164+
8.	Little Whiteface Mountain	3642+	1110+	Whiteface Mountain Area
9.	Stewart Mountain	3615	1102	Sentinel Range
10.	Slide Mountain	3576	1090	Sentinel Range
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Whiteface Mountain	4865	1483	Whiteface Mountain Area
2.	Moose Mountain	3898	1188	West Lake Placid Area
3.	Kilburn Mountain	3881	1183	Sentinel Range

Photos of Peaks in the Northern Adirondacks

Whiteface Mountain A helicopter flies over the rime-ice encrusted summit building and walkway in this mid-February photo (1992-02-24).	Esther Mountain 16/46 high peaks for us (2015-05-04). Photo by Jillian Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.
Lookout Mountain Pretty sure this was the lookout at Lookout Mountain! (2018-06-09). Photo by Christina Bushunow. Click here for larger-size photo.	Kilburn Mountain Nice views off Kilburn from just below the summit (2020-08-06). Photo by Terry DelliQuadri. Click here for larger-size photo.
McKenzie Mountain McKenzie Mountain (2015-11-03). Photo by Jillian Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.	Lyon Mountain Fire Tower on the Top of Lyon in the Clouds (2014-06-06). Photo by Wayne Snyder. Click here for larger-size photo.
Averill Peak Summit of Averill after a nasty 1000ft bushwalk. Going back you can see the tower (2015-11-28). Photo by Richard Hachem. Click here for larger-size photo.	Slide Mountain View of the ski jumps from atop a high rock cliff along the Slide Mountain ascent (2020-10-04). Photo by Terry DelliQuadri. Click here for larger-size photo.
Loon Lake Mountain Loon Lake - 2014-11-29 (2014-11-29). Photo by Brian Gordon. Click here for larger-size photo.	Catamount Mountain Catamount, upper sections, showing the granite slabs and slides (2016-07-24). Photo by Jan Triska. Click here for larger-size photo.

This page has been served 9384 times since 2004-11-01.

Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the Contact Page