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Gray Peak

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1 470 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

34 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 269 m

AHP46

The 46 Adirondack High Peaks

About

Gray Peak is a mountain located in the town of Keene in Essex County, New York. It is the seventh-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,840 feet (1,480 m), and is located in close proximity to Mount Marcy, the highest peak in New York. Gray Peak is southwest of Mount Marcy and southeast of Mount Colden. The first recorded ascent of the peak was made on September 16, 1872, by surveyor Verplanck Colvin and guide Bill Nye. It was named for Asa Gray by Colvin. Although the mountain is only 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from the summit of Marcy and lacked prominence desired by the Marshall brothers for inclusion in the High Peaks, it was added to the list to preserve the name.

Gray Peak can be climbed on an unmarked trail from Lake Tear of the Clouds, which can be approached from the Elk Lake or Upper Works parking lots. It is the highest peak in the Adirondacks without a maintained and marked trail.

There's a hiking trail (T2) called Gray Peak Trail leading to the summit. Gray Peak is one of the 1 peaks along the Gray Peak Trail.

By elevation Gray Peak is

# 12 out of 1601 in Adirondack Park
# 12 out of 3825 in New York
# 11 out of 126 in High Peaks Wilderness
# 12 out of 591 in Essex County
# 5 out of 24 in the Marcy Group
# 12 out of 1678 in the Adirondack Mountains

By prominence Gray Peak is

# 18 out of 24 in the Marcy Group