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Dial Mountain

Coordinates: 44°06′21″N 73°47′45″W / 44.1058859°N 73.7959703°W / 44.1058859; -73.7959703
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Dial Mountain
Dial Mtn (near right) from Noonmark, showing Mount Dix (left), Hunter Pass, (center)
Highest point
Elevation4,020 ft (1,230 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence164 ft (50 m)
ListingAdirondack High Peaks 41st[2]
Coordinates44°06′21″N 73°47′45″W / 44.1058859°N 73.7959703°W / 44.1058859; -73.7959703[3]
Geography
Dial Mountain is located in New York Adirondack Park
Dial Mountain
Dial Mountain
Location of Dial Mountain within New York
Dial Mountain is located in the United States
Dial Mountain
Dial Mountain
Dial Mountain (the United States)
LocationKeene, Essex County, New York
Parent rangeColvin Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Marcy
Climbing
First ascent1884, by Ed Phelps and Ed Beede[4]
Easiest routeHike

Dial Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Colvin Range. Dial Mountain is flanked to the southwest by Nippletop.

Dial Mountain stands within the watershed of Lake Champlain, which drains into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The west side of Dial Mountain drains into Gill Brook, thence into the East Branch of Ausable River, and into Lake Champlain. The southeast side of Dial Mountain drains into the headwaters of the North Fork of the Boquet River, thence into Lake Champlain. The northeast side of Dial Mountain drains into Gravestone Brook, thence into the North Fork of the Boquet River.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
  2. ^ "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Dial Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
  4. ^ Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 164–165. ISBN 9781404751200.
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