MacIntyre Mountains map

MacIntyre Mountains

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1 279 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

36 m

Prominence

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

Proportional Prominence 220 m

About

The MacIntyre Mountains or MacIntyre Range is a range of mountains in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, due west of Mount Marcy, in northeastern New York State. The range runs 8 miles (13 km) from southwest to northeast. Its sheer southwest slope makes up one side of Indian Pass, and a northeastern spur forms the cliffs of Avalanche Pass. From southwest to northeast, the range includes Mount Marshall, Iroquois Peak, Boundary Peak, Algonquin Peak, and Wright Peak. Algonquin is the second-highest peak in the Adirondacks.

Despite being spelled differently, the range is named for Archibald McIntyre, the founder of the McIntyre Iron Works at Tahawus, New York. The name McIntyre originally referred only to Algonquin Peak, and was given to the mountain in 1837 by a party led by New York state geologist Ebenezer Emmons. Mountaineer Russell Carson applied the name to the entire range in his accounts. The earliest recorded ascent on the range was made in 1797, when surveyor Charles Brodhead crossed Boundary Peak to mark the boundary of the Old Military Tract.

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

By elevation MacIntyre Mountains is

# 38 out of 1601 in Adirondack Park
# 38 out of 3825 in New York
# 34 out of 126 in High Peaks Wilderness
# 37 out of 591 in Essex County
# 7 out of 10 in the Macintyre Mountains
# 38 out of 1678 in the Adirondack Mountains

By prominence MacIntyre Mountains is

# 9 out of 10 in the Macintyre Mountains