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High Cross is the name given to the crossroads of the Roman roads of Watling Street (now the A5) and Fosse Way on the border between Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. A naturally strategic high point, High Cross was "the central cross roads" of Anglo-Saxon and Roman Britain. [ 1 ]
The Adirondack Mountains are sometimes considered part of the Appalachians but, geologically speaking, are a southern extension of the Laurentian Mountains of Canada. The Adirondacks do not form a connected range, but are an eroded dome consisting of over one hundred summits, ranging from under 1,200 feet (366 m) to over 5,000 feet (1,524 m) in ...
Pages in category "Mountains of New York (state)" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 670 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
New York State highpoints by County; of 62 [1] County elevation Name Location 1 Essex: 5,344 feet (1,629 m) Mount Marcy: Keene, New York: 2 Franklin: 4,347 feet (1,325 m)
The geography of New York varies widely across the state. Most of New York is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York's Adirondack Park is larger than any U.S. National Park in the contiguous United States. [2] Niagara Falls, on the Niagara River as it flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, is a popular attraction.
Pages in category "Mountain ranges of New York (state)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The entire region lies within Adirondack Park, a New York state protected area of over 6,000,000 acres (2,400,000 ha). The park was established in 1892 by the state legislature to protect the region's natural resources and to provide recreational opportunities for the public. It covers over 20 percent of New York state's land area. [5]
Mount Marcy is the highest point in New York, [10] the highest peak in the Adirondack Mountains, and the highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, [11] with an elevation of 5,343.1 feet (1,628.6 m). [1] The mountain is located in the High Peaks Wilderness Area , [ 12 ] in the town of Keene in Essex County .