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Algonquin Peak is a mountain in the MacIntyre Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the second-highest mountain in New York, with an elevation of 5,114 feet (1,559 m), and one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks .
From southwest to northeast, the range includes Mount Marshall, Iroquois Peak, Boundary Peak, Algonquin Peak, and Wright Peak. Algonquin is the second-highest peak in the Adirondacks. [1] Despite being spelled differently, the range is named for Archibald McIntyre, the founder of the McIntyre Iron Works at Tahawus, New York. [1]
Algonquin Provincial Park is an Ontario provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. [ 3 ]
The best experience for me was Algonquin Peak, New York’s second tallest mountain at 5,114 feet. If that doesn’t sound like a lot, especially to Westerners used to the Rockies, I can assure ...
The Dix Range is a range of mountains in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, southeast of Mount Marcy and the Ausable valley, in northeastern New York State.The Dixes are named for John Adams Dix, then Secretary of State under New York Governor William Marcy, later Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and New York Governor. [1]
Whiteface Mountain is located in the town of Wilmington, in Essex County, New York, in the Wilmington Wild Forest of the New York Forest Preserve. [5] It is the fifth-highest mountain in New York, with an elevation of 4,867 feet (1,483 m). [1]
Iroquois Peak is a mountain in the MacIntyre Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the eighth-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,840 feet (1,480 m), and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park .
Wright Peak is the northernmost major peak of the MacIntyre Range. On its northeastern slope is a shorter peak known as the Whale's Tail. The other peaks of the MacIntyre Range, Algonquin Peak, Boundary Peak, Iroquois Peak, and Mount Marshall, are located to the southeast. [6] The summit of the mountain lies above the treeline. [6]