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Highest point
Elevation	3960 NGVD 29
Prominence	558 ft (170 m)
Listing	Adirondack High Peaks 43rd
Coordinates	44°04′53″N 73°50′40″W / 44.081443°N 73.844583°W / 44.081443; -73.844583
Geography
Location	Essex County, New York, U.S.
Parent range	Colvin Range
Topo map	USGS Mount Marcy
Climbing
First ascent	1874, by Ed Phelps and Miller
Easiest route	Hike

Blake Peak (or Blake Mountain) is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is named after Mills Blake (died 1930), Verplanck Colvin’s chief assistant during the Adirondack Survey. It is part of the Colvin Range. Blake Peak is flanked to the northeast by Mount Colvin, and to the southwest by Pinnacle.

The northwest side of Blake Peak drains into the East Branch of the Ausable River, between Upper and Lower Ausable Lakes. The Ausable River drains into Lake Champlain, which in turn drains into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The southeast side of Blake Peak drains into the West Inlet of Elk Lake, thence into The Branch of the Schroon River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay.

Blake Peak was formerly thought to have an elevation of at least 4,000 ft (1,219 m), so it was included on the list of 46 Adirondack High Peaks. More recent surveys show Blake and three other peaks fell slightly short, but they remain on the list.

See also

• List of mountains in New York
• Northeast 111 4000-footers
• Adirondack High Peaks
• Adirondack Forty-Sixers

Notes

1. Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
2. "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
3. "Blake Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
4. Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 235–237. ISBN 9781404751200.

External links

• "Blake Peak, New York". Peakbagger.com.
• "Blake Peak". SummitPost.org.

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