Lower Wolfjaw Mountain
| Lower Wolfjaw Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Lower Wolfjaw from Noonmark Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,175 ft (1,273 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks 30th[2] |
| Coordinates | 44°08′54″N 73°49′58″W / 44.1483845°N 73.8326399°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Lower Wolfjaw Mountain Location of Lower Wolfjaw Mountain within New York  Lower Wolfjaw Mountain Lower Wolfjaw Mountain (the United States) | |
| Location | Keene, Essex County, New York |
| Parent range | Great Range |
| Topo map | USGS Keene Valley |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1875 by Ed Phelps[4] |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is located in Essex County, New York, United States. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836–1892) named Lower Wolfjaw, together with neighboring Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, about 1870 for their appearance in profile. The mountain is the northeasternmost of the Adirondack High Peaks in the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains. Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is flanked to the southwest by Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, and to the northeast by Hedgehog Mountain.
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain stands within the watershed of the East Branch of the Ausable River, which drains into Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The east and southeast sides of Lower Wolfjaw Mtn. drain into Wedge Brook, thence into the East Branch of the Ausable River. The west side of Lower Wolfjaw Mountain drains into Wolfjaw Brook, thence into Johns Brook and the East Branch. The north side of Lower Wolfjaw drains into Bennies Brook, thence into Johns Brook. The northeast end of Lower Wolfjaw drains into Rock Cut Brook, thence into Johns Brook.
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.
See also
[edit]- List of mountains in New York
- Northeast 111 4,000-footers
- Adirondack High Peaks
- Adirondack Forty-Sixers
References
[edit]- ^ Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
- ^ "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Lower Wolfjaw Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 148–150. ISBN 9781404751200.
External links
[edit]- Lower Wolfjaw Mountain at Peakbagger.com
- "Lower Wolf Jaw Mountain". SummitPost.org.
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