Mount Marcy (New York)
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Mount Marcy (photo taken from Mount Haystack, looking across Panther Gorge)
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,344 ft (1,629 m) NAVD 88 |
| Prominence | 4,914 ft (1,498 m) |
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| Coordinates | 44°06′46″N 73°55′25″W / 44.112734392°N 73.923725878°WCoordinates: 44°06′46″N 73°55′25″W / 44.112734392°N 73.923725878°W |
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 Mount Marcy
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| Parent range | Adirondack Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Marcy |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 5, 1837 by Ebenezer Emmons and party |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Mount Marcy (Mohawk: Tewawe’éstha) is the highest point in New York State, with an elevation of 5,343 feet (1,629 m). It is located in the Town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain is in the heart of the Adirondack High Peaks Region of the High Peaks Wilderness Area. Its stature and expansive views make it a popular destination for hikers, who crowd its summit in the summer months.
Lake Tear of the Clouds, at the col between Mt. Marcy and Mt. Skylight, is often cited as the highest source of the Hudson River, via Feldspar Brook and the Opalescent River, even though the main stem of the Opalescent River has as its source a higher point two miles north of Lake of the Clouds, and that stem is a mile longer than Feldspar Brook.
The mountain is named after Gov. William L. Marcy, the 19th-century Governor of New York, who authorized the environmental survey that explored the area. Its first recorded ascent was on August 5, 1837, by a large party led by Ebenezer Emmons looking for the source of the East Fork of the Hudson River. Today the summit may be reached by multiple trails; though long by any route, a round-trip may be made in a day.
Vice President (and former governor) Theodore Roosevelt was at his hunting camp, Tahawus, on September 14, 1901, after summiting Marcy, when he was informed that President William McKinley, who had been shot a week earlier, had taken a serious turn for the worse.
Roosevelt and his party hiked ten miles (16 km) down the southwest face of the mountain to Long Lake, New York where he hired a stage coach to take him to the closest train station at North Creek. At some point along the route, Roosevelt learned that McKinley had died, and so Roosevelt took the train to Buffalo to get sworn in as President. The route from Long Lake to North Creek has been designated as the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail.
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