Algonquin Peak is a mountain in the MacIntyre Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the second highest mountain in New York, with an elevation of 5,114 feet (1,559 m), and one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks. It is located in the town of North Elba in Essex County and in the High Peaks Wilderness Area[4] of Adirondack Park. The first recorded ascent of the mountain was made on August 8, 1837, by a party led by New York state geologist Ebenezer Emmons.[a] It was originally named Mount McIntyre, after Archibald McIntyre, but this name was eventually applied to the entire range.[5] Surveyor Verplanck Colvin added the name "Algonquin" in 1880. This name came from the peak reputedly being on the Algonquian side of a nearby informal boundary between the Algonquian and their Iroquois neighbors, although no such boundary existed in reality.[7][8]
Algonquin Peak is accessible from two trails. Starting at the Adirondak Loj outside Lake Placid, the mountain can be approached from the north by following the blue-blazed Van Hoevenberg Trail 1.0 mile (1.6 km) to its junction with the yellow-blazed MacIntyre Range Trail. That trail can be hiked the remaining 3.3 miles (5.3 km) to the summit, during which the route gets progressively steeper and rockier. The total distance is 4.3 miles (6.9 km) for an elevation gain of 2,936 feet (895 m).[8] The mountain can also be approached from the southeast via an even steeper trail which begins at Lake Colden, which rises 2,350 feet (720 m) in just 2.1 miles (3.4 km).[9] From the summit, an unmarked trail leads 1.1 miles (1.8 km) southeast to nearby Boundary Peak and Iroquois Peak.[8] A trail to Wright Peak forks from the yellow trail 0.9 miles (1.4 km) below the summit.[8] The mountain's summit is above tree line. Views of the surrounding peaks are available in all directions, with particularly good views available of nearby Mount Colden and Lake Colden.[8] The climb is increasingly popular with hikers, with a 2021 study by Otak observing significant crowds on the summit of the mountain on popular summer days.[10]
An area of 23.5 acres (9.5 ha) surrounding the summit is an alpine tundra zone, the largest found in the Adirondacks.[11] This area is home to many arctic plants, including American dwarf birch, bearberry willow, black crowberry, Bog bilberry, Cutler's alpine goldenrod, Diapensia, Lapland rose-bay, and low rattlesnake root,[12] and contains a prominent bog.[8] The large numbers of hikers on the summit have in the past caused damage to the fragile plant life, and strict regulations have been put in place on the summit to protect it. Camping is prohibited above an elevation of 4,000 feet (1,200 m), hikers must remain on the trail in the alpine zone, and no dogs are allowed without a leash. The Summit Steward program places guides on Algonquin and other peaks to both remind hikers of these rules and educate them about the ecosystem.[13]
^Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. p. 286. ISBN 9780998637181.
^"The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^"Algonquin Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^"High Peaks Wilderness Complex - NYSDEC". dec.ny.gov. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
^ abWeber, Sandra (2001). Mount Marcy : the high peak of New York. Fleischmanns, N.Y.: Purple Mountain Press. pp. 29, 35. ISBN 1930098227.
^Waterman, Laura (2003). Forest and crag : a history of hiking, trail blazing, and adventure in the Northeast mountains (First ed.). Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club Books. p. 67. ISBN 0910146756.
^Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. p. 188. ISBN 9781404751200.
^ abcdefGoodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 118–122. ISBN 9780998637181.
^Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. p. 128. ISBN 9780998637181.
^"Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness Visitor Use Management Study Final Report" (PDF). adirondackcouncil.org. Otak. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^Carlson, Bradley Z.; Munroe, Jeffrey S.; Hegman, Bill (2011). "Distribution of Alpine Tundra in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, U.S.A." Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 43 (3): 331–342. doi:10.1657/1938-4246-43.3.331. S2CID 53579861.
^Buys, John L. (1931). "Leafhoppers of Mt. Marcy and Mt. Macintyre, Essex Co., New York (Homoptera, Cicadellidæ)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 39 (2): 139–143. JSTOR 25004400. Retrieved 19 March 2024 – via JSTOR.
^Slack, Nancy (2006). Adirondack alpine summits : an ecological field guide. Lake George, New York: Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 70–74. ISBN 9781931951180.
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