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Mount Redfield

Mount Redfield is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 15th-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,606 feet (1,404 m), and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County, near Cliff Mountain and Mount Skylight. Surveyor Verplanck Colvin named the mountain after William C. Redfield, organizer and member of an expedition to Mount Marcy in 1837, and the first to guess that Marcy was the highest peak in the Adirondacks, and therefore in New York. The earliest recorded ascent was made in 1894 by mountain guide Ed Phelps and a guest whose name has not been recorded.

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Mount Redfield
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Highest point
Elevation4,606 ft (1,404 m) NGVD 291
ListingAdirondack High Peaks 15th2
Coordinates44°05′41″N 73°57′00″W / 44.094777°N 73.949866°W / 44.094777; -73.9498663
Geography
LocationKeene, Essex County, New York
Parent rangeMarcy Group of the Great Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Marcy
Climbing
First ascent1894 by Ed Phelps and party4

Mount Redfield is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 15th-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,606 feet (1,404 m), and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County, near Cliff Mountain5 and Mount Skylight.4 Surveyor Verplanck Colvin named the mountain after William C. Redfield, organizer and member of an expedition to Mount Marcy in 1837, and the first to guess that Marcy was the highest peak in the Adirondacks, and therefore in New York.4 The earliest recorded ascent was made in 1894 by mountain guide Ed Phelps and a guest whose name has not been recorded.4

There is no maintained trail on the mountain, but an unmarked trail begins at the Uphill Lean-to along the Calamity Brook Trail, and proceeds along Uphill Brook and a tributary stream to the summit.5

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References

References

  1. Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. p. 286. ISBN 9780998637181.
  2. "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  3. "Mount Redfield". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  4. Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 161–163. ISBN 9781404751200. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  5. Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 218–219. ISBN 9780998637181.
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