Black Mountain is a mountain located in Washington County, New York, of which its peak is the highest point. Isolated from the rest of the Adirondack Mountains by Lake George, Black Mtn. has the seventh highest topographic prominence of all the mountains in New York. Black Mountain also has the highest elevation of any of the peaks which surround Lake George and offers unobstructed views of the lake from its summit.
Black Mountain is within the Lake George Wild Forest and New York's 6.1 million acre Adirondack Park. It is part of the Adirondack Mountains, which have been dated to the Precambrian time – the Earth's earliest period of history—and range in age between ca. 1 to 1.35 billion years old.
On the top of Black Mountain is a weather station, a wind turbine, as well as a fire tower, which was decommissioned and fenced off in 1988 after 77 years of service by New York State fire observers and forest rangers. A well trafficked trail to the summit is the Black Mountain Summit Trail which is a 5.7 mile out and back trail located near Huletts Landing, New York which offers the chance to see wildlife and is rated as moderate, according to the hiking app AllTrails. The trail is primarily used for hiking, running, nature trips, and bird watching. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
The origin of the mountain's name is not conclusive. According to Thomas R. Lord in Stories of Lake George: Fact or Fiction the mountain was named after a violent thunderstorm and forest fire, which occurred in the 1600s, which left the entire mountain a charcoal black. A map of Washington County published in 1853 annotated the peak as Black Mountain although an earlier 1829 map did not name the peak.
The mountain stands within the watershed of Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
The northwest and south sides of Black Mtn. drain into Lake George, thence into La Chute River, and Lake Champlain.
The northeast side of Black Mtn. drains into Pike Brook, thence into the South Bay of Lake Champlain.
There's a trail leading to the summit. Black Mountain is one of the 1 peaks along the Black Mountain Summit Trail.
By elevation Black Mountain is
# 1 out of 89 in Washington County # 1 out of 37 in Lake George Wild Forest
By prominence Black Mountain is
# 1 out of 89 in Washington County # 6 out of 1601 in Adirondack Park # 7 out of 3825 in New York # 1 out of 37 in Lake George Wild Forest # 6 out of 1678 in the Adirondack Mountains
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