Table Top Mountain (New York) Explained

Table Top Mountain (south peak)
Map:New York Adirondack Park#USA
Elevation Ft:4427
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence:130-1NaN-1[2] [3] -->
Listing:Adirondack High Peaks 19th[4]
Location:Keene, Essex County, New York
Range:Adirondack Mountains
Coordinates:44.1407°N 127.98°W
Coordinates Ref:[5]
Topo:USGS Keene Valley
First Ascent:1911, by Jim Suitor[6]
Easiest Route:Hike

Table Top Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County in the U.S. State of New York. Table Top Mtn. is flanked to the north by Phelps Mountain, and to the south by Mount Marcy.Table Top has three summits; the southernmost is the highest, followed by the middle peak at 4308feet and the north peak at 4216feet.[7] [8]

Table Top Mountain stands within the watershed of the Ausable River, which drains into Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.The southwest end of Table Top Mtn. drains into Marcy Brook, and the West Branch of the Ausable River.The northwest side of Table Top Mtn. drains into Phelps Brook, thence into Marcy Brook.The north end of Table Top drains into Klondike Brook, thence into the Ausable's West Branch.The southeast side of Table Top drains into Johns Brook, thence into the East Branch of the Ausable River.

Table Top Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of the Adirondack State Park.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Goodwin . Tony . Adirondack trails. High peaks region . 2021 . . 9780998637181 . 15th . 286-287.
  2. 6043. Table Top Mountain. 29 June 2019.
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  4. Web site: The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers . adk46er.org . 23 May 2024.
  5. 966981 . Table Top Mountain . 2019-06-29 .
  6. Book: Carson . Russell M. L. . Peaks and People of the Adirondacks . 1927 . Doubleday . Garden City . 9781404751200 . 135-136.
  7. 6042. Table Top Mountain-Middle Peak, New York. 29 June 2019.
  8. 6040. Table Top Mountain-North Peak, New York. 29 June 2019.