Allen Mountain (New York)

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Allen Mountain
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Allen Mountain summit
Highest point
Elevation 4,340 ft (1,320 m)  NGVD 29 [1]
Listing Adirondack High Peaks 26th [2]
Coordinates 44°04′15″N73°56′23″W / 44.07083°N 73.93972°W / 44.07083; -73.93972 [3]
Geography
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Allen Mountain
Location of Allen Mountain within New York
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Allen Mountain
Allen Mountain (the United States)
Location Keene / North Hudson, Essex County, New York
Parent range Marcy Group of the Great Range
Topo map USGS Mount Marcy
Climbing
First ascent August 19, 1921, by Bob Marshall, George Marshall, and Herbert Clark [4]
Easiest route Hike

Allen Mountain is located in Essex County, New York. It is part of the Marcy Group of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains, and is flanked to the north by Mount Skylight.

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The south side of Allen Mountain drains into White Lily Brook, thence into the Boreas Ponds, the Boreas River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The southwest side drains into Dudley Brook, thence into the Opalescent River, and the Hudson River. The northwest side drains into Allen Brook, thence into Skylight Brook, and Dudley Brook. The northeast side drains into Marcy Brook, thence into Stillwater Inlet, Upper Ausable Lake, and the Ausable River, which drains into Lake Champlain, and ultimately into Canada's Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The east side drains into Sand Brook, and thence into Stillwater Inlet.

Allen Mountain is in the High Peaks Wilderness Area of Adirondack State Park and was named for Frederick B. Allen (1840–1925) in 1869.

Many experienced hikers in the area consider Allen Mountain to be the most difficult to climb of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks.

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References

  1. Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN   9780998637181.
  2. "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  3. "Allen Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  4. Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 151–156. ISBN   9781404751200.