Grace Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. It is part of the Dix Range, named after John A. Dix (1798–1879), New York Secretary of State in 1837, and later Governor. The mountain was formerly called East Dix, but in 2014 it was officially renamed Grace Peak in honor of Grace Hudowalski (1906–2004), who in 1937 became the ninth person and first woman to climb all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks.[5][6][7] Grace Peak is flanked to the northeast by Spotted Mountain, and to the southwest by South Dix.
| Grace Peak | |
|---|---|
  Grace Peak Location of Grace Peak within New York  Grace Peak Grace Peak (the United States) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,012 ft (1,223 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks 42nd[2] |
| Coordinates | 44°03′55″N 73°45′26″W / 44.0653314°N 73.7573564°W[3] |
| Geography | |
| Location | North Hudson, Essex County, New York |
| Parent range | Dix Range |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Marcy |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 13, 1921, by Bob Marshall, George Marshall, and Herbert Clark[4] |
| Easiest route | Hike |
The northwest side of Grace Peak drains into the headwaters of the South Fork of the Boquet River, thence into Lake Champlain, which drains into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The east side of Grace Peak drains into Lindsay Brook, thence into the Schroon River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The south side of Grace Peak drains into West Mill Brook, thence into the Schroon River.
Grace Peak is within the Dix Mountain Wilderness Area of Adirondack State Park.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
- ^ "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Grace Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
- ^ Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. p. 223. ISBN 9781404751200.
- ^ "Adirondack mountain renamed after first woman to scale all 46 High Peaks". syracuse.com.
- ^ "Tribute to Grace Hudowalski 46er #9". Adirondack Forum. March 14, 2004. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ "Grace Peak Update 11-23-08". Views From The Top. November 23, 2008. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
External links
edit- "Grace Peak, New York". Peakbagger.com.
- "Grace Peak". SummitPost.org.
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