Grace Peak
| Grace Peak | |
|---|---|
  Grace Peak Location of Grace Peak within New York  Grace Peak Grace Peak (the United States) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,012 ft (1,223 m)NGVD 29[1] |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks42nd[2] |
| Coordinates | 44°03′55″N73°45′26″W/ 44.0653314°N 73.7573564°W[3] |
| Geography | |
| Location | North Hudson,Essex County,New York |
| Parent range | Dix Range |
| Topo map | USGSMount Marcy |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 13, 1921, byBob Marshall,George Marshall,and Herbert Clark[4] |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Grace Peakis amountainlocated inEssex County,New York.It is part of theDix Range,named afterJohn A. Dix(1798–1879), New YorkSecretary of Statein 1837, and laterGovernor.The mountain was formerly calledEast Dix,but in 2014 it was officially renamed Grace Peak in honor ofGrace Hudowalski(1906–2004), who in 1937 became the ninth person and first woman to climb all 46 of theAdirondack High Peaks.[5][6][7]Grace Peak is flanked to the northeast by Spotted Mountain, and to the southwest bySouth Dix.
The northwest side of Grace Peak drains into the headwaters of the South Fork of theBoquet River,thence intoLake Champlain,which drains intoCanada'sRichelieu River,theSaint Lawrence River,and into theGulf of Saint Lawrence. The east side of Grace Peak drains into Lindsay Brook, thence into theSchroon River,theHudson River,and intoNew York Bay. The south side of Grace Peak drains into West Mill Brook, thence into the Schroon River.
Grace Peak is within theDix Mountain Wilderness AreaofAdirondack State Park.
See also
[edit]- List of mountains in New York
- Northeast 1114,000-footers
- Adirondack High Peaks
- Adirondack Forty-Sixers
References
[edit]- ^Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021).Adirondack trails. High peaks region(15th ed.).Adirondack Mountain Club.pp. 286–287.ISBN9780998637181.
- ^"The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers".adk46er.org.Retrieved30 May2024.
- ^"Grace Peak".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.Retrieved2011-05-16.
- ^Carson, Russell M. L. (1927).Peaks and People of the Adirondacks.Garden City: Doubleday. p. 223.ISBN9781404751200.
- ^"Adirondack mountain renamed after first woman to scale all 46 High Peaks".syracuse.
- ^"Tribute to Grace Hudowalski 46er #9".Adirondack Forum. March 14, 2004. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.Retrieved2016-10-04.
- ^"Grace Peak Update 11-23-08".Views From The Top. November 23, 2008.Retrieved2011-05-16.
External links
[edit]- "Grace Peak, New York".Peakbagger.
- "Grace Peak".SummitPost.org.
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