Mount Redfield Explained

Mount Redfield
Map:New York Adirondack Park#USA
Elevation Ft:4606
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:242
Prominence Ref:[2] -->
Listing:Adirondack High Peaks 15th[3]
Location:Keene, Essex County, New York
Range:Marcy Group of the Great Range
Coordinates:44.0948°N -73.9499°W
Coordinates Ref:[4]
Topo:USGS Mount Marcy
First Ascent:1894 by Ed Phelps and party

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 4606feet, and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County, near Cliff Mountain[5] 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.[6] The earliest recorded ascent was made in 1894 by mountain guide Ed Phelps and a guest whose name has not been recorded.

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.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Goodwin . Tony . Adirondack trails. High peaks region . 2021 . . 9780998637181 . 15th . 286.
  2. 6055 . Mount Redfield, New York . 2013-02-08.
  3. Web site: The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers . adk46er.org . 15 May 2024.
  4. 962328 . Mount Redfield . 2013-02-08.
  5. Book: Goodwin . Tony . Adirondack trails. High peaks region . 2021 . . 9780998637181 . 15th . 218-219.
  6. Book: Carson . Russell M. L. . Peaks and People of the Adirondacks . 1927 . Doubleday . Garden City . 9781404751200 . 161-163.