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Panther Peak

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1 358 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

93 m

Prominence

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

Proportional Prominence 784 m

AHP46

The 46 Adirondack High Peaks

About

Panther Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York.

The mountain is part of the Santanoni Mountains of the Adirondacks.

Panther Peak is flanked to the west by Couchsachraga Peak, and to the south by Santanoni Peak.

The northeast slopes of Panther Peak drain into Duck Hole pond, the source of the Cold River, which drains into the Raquette River, the Saint Lawrence River in Canada, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

The northwest slopes of Panther Peak drain into the Cold River.

The southwest slopes of Panther drain into Calahan Brook, thence into Moose Creek and the Cold River.

The southeast slopes of Panther drain into Santanoni Brook, Henderson Lake, the source of the Hudson River, and into New York Bay.

Panther Peak is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.

There's a hiking trail (T2) called Panther Peak Trail leading to the summit.

By elevation Panther Peak is

# 25 out of 1601 in Adirondack Park
# 25 out of 3825 in New York
# 23 out of 126 in High Peaks Wilderness
# 25 out of 591 in Essex County
# 2 out of 5 in the Santanoni Mountains
# 25 out of 1678 in the Adirondack Mountains

By prominence Panther Peak is

# 64 out of 126 in High Peaks Wilderness
# 3 out of 5 in the Santanoni Mountains