MacNaughton Mountain
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| MacNaughton Mountain | |
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 MacNaughton Mt. (summit centre) seen from Duck Hole |
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| Elevation | 1,214 metres (3,983 ft) |
| Location | Essex County, New York |
| Range | Street Range |
| Prominence | 260 m (850 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Topo map | USGS Ampersand Lake |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks |
MacNaughton Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, named after James MacNaughton (1851–1905),[2] the grandson of Archibald McIntyre. The mountain is part of the Street Range of the Adirondack Mountains.
The western slopes and north end of MacNaughton Mountain drain into Preston Ponds and Duck Hole pond, the source of the Cold River, which drains into the Raquette River, the Saint Lawrence River in Canada, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The eastern slopes and south end of MacNaughton Mtn. drain into the southern Indian Pass Brook, thence into Henderson Lake, the source of the Hudson River, and into New York Bay.
MacNaughton Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.
According to early surveys, MacNaughton Mountain's elevation was 3,976 ft (1,212 m), short of the 4,000 ft needed to qualify it as one of the Adirondack High Peaks. According to the 1953 survey, the mountain did reach that height, while four of the 46 peaks on the list fell short.[3] However, the list was not updated, and more recent surveys have again given the mountain a lower elevation.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Key col elevation between 950 and 960 m. [1]
- ^ "JAMES MacNAUGHTON DEAD / President of the MacIntyre Iron Company a Victim of Pneumonia.". New York Times (December 30, 1905). Retrieved on 2007-11-08. “"Mr. MacNaughton was by profession a civil engineer. ... He was prominently identified with the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, of which he was a Vice President."”
- ^ Santanoni, NY Quadrangle. Historic USGS Maps of New England & New York. University of New Hampshire (15 January 2002). Retrieved on 2007-11-08. MacNaughton Mountain is in the southeast corner.
[edit] See also
- List of mountains in New York
- Northeast 111 4,000-footers
- Adirondack High Peaks
- Adirondack Forty-Sixers
[edit] External links
- Peakbagger.com: MacNaughton Mountain
- Summitpost.org: MacNaughton Mountain
- USGS GNIS: MacNaughton Mountain
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