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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)
There are three major mountain ranges in New York: the Adirondack Mountains, the Catskill Mountains, and part of the Appalachian Mountains. Adirondack Mountains [ edit ]
The elevation of a geographic area may be stated in several ways. These include: The maximum elevation of the area (high point); [a] The minimum elevation of the area (low point); [b] The arithmetic mean elevation of the area (statistical mean elevation); [c] The median elevation of the area (statistical 50% elevation); [d] and; The elevation ...
Location of New York in the United States. New York is located in the northeastern United States, in the Mid-Atlantic Census Bureau division. New York covers an area of 54,556 square miles (141,299 km 2) making it the 27th largest state by total area (but 30th by land area). [4]
Mount Marcy (Mohawk: Tewawe'éstha) is the highest point in the U.S. state of New York, with an elevation of 5,343.1 feet (1,628.6 m). It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain is in the heart of the High Peaks Wilderness Area in Adirondack Park.
The Catskill High Peaks are all of the mountains in New York's Catskill Mountains above 3,500 ft (1,067 m) in elevation whose summits are separated either by one-half mile (0.8 km) or a vertical drop of at least 250 ft (76.2 m) between it and the next nearest separate summit. By usual standards, these mountains are rather low and rounded, and ...
New York, also called New York State, [b] is a state in the Northeastern United States, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada, and the Great Lakes. [c] With approximately 20 million residents, [8] it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States, and the 27th-largest state by area, with a total area of 54,556 square miles (141,300 km 2).
Giant Mountain, also known as Giant of the Valley, is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the twelfth-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,627 feet (1,410 m), and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the Giant Mountain Wilderness Area, [5] in the town of Keene in Essex County ...