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South Dix

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1 247 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

58 m

Prominence

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

Proportional Prominence 261 m

AHP46

The 46 Adirondack High Peaks

About

South Dix is a mountain located in Essex County, New York.

The mountain is part of the Dix Range, named after John A. Dix (1798–1879), New York Secretary of State in 1837, and later Governor.

The name is being changed to Carson Peak, after Russell M.L. Carson (1884–1961), author of Peaks and People of the Adirondacks.

South Dix is flanked to the northeast by Grace Peak (formerly known as East Dix), to the northwest by Hough Peak, and to the southwest by Macomb Mountain.

The north side of South Dix drains into the headwaters of the South Fork of the Boquet River, thence into Lake Champlain, which drains into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

The southeast side of South Dix drains into West Mill Brook, thence into the Schroon River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay.

The west side of South Dix drains into Lillian Brook, thence into the East Inlet of Elk Lake, and into The Branch of the Schroon River.

South Dix is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of Adirondack State Park.

There's a hiking trail (T2) called Dix Range Trail leading to the summit. South Dix is one of the 2 peaks along the Dix Range Trail.

By elevation South Dix is

# 47 out of 1601 in Adirondack Park
# 48 out of 3825 in New York
# 43 out of 126 in High Peaks Wilderness
# 45 out of 591 in Essex County
# 5 out of 24 in the Dix Range
# 47 out of 1678 in the Adirondack Mountains

By prominence South Dix is

# 84 out of 126 in High Peaks Wilderness
# 18 out of 24 in the Dix Range