Table Top Mountain (New York)

Table Top Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County in the U.S. State of New York. Table Top Mtn. is flanked to the north by Phelps Mountain, and to the south by Mount Marcy. Table Top has three summits; the southernmost is the highest, followed by the middle peak at 4,308 ft (1,313 m) and the north peak at 4,216 ft (1,285 m).[4][5]

Table Top Mountain (south peak)
Table Top Mountain (south peak) is located in New York Adirondack Park
Table Top Mountain (south peak)
Table Top Mountain (south peak)
Location of the south peak of Table Top Mountain within New York
Table Top Mountain (south peak) is located in the United States
Table Top Mountain (south peak)
Table Top Mountain (south peak)
Table Top Mountain (south peak) (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation4,413 ft (1,345 m)[2]
Prominence130 m (430 ft)[3]
ListingAdirondack High Peaks 19th
Coordinates44°8.44′N 73°54.98′W / 44.14067°N 73.91633°W / 44.14067; -73.91633[1]
Geography
LocationKeene, Essex County, New York
Parent rangeAdirondack Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Keene Valley

Table Top Mountain stands within the watershed 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 southwest end of Table Top Mtn. drains into Marcy Brook, and the West Branch of the Ausable River. The northwest side of Table Top Mtn. drains into Phelps Brook, thence into Marcy Brook. The north end of Table Top drains into Klondike Brook, thence into the Ausable's West Branch. The southeast side of Table Top drains into Johns Brook, thence into the East Branch of the Ausable River.

Table Top Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of the Adirondack State Park.

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  1. ^ "Table Top Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  2. ^ "Table Top Mountain". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  3. ^ Key col elevation between 1,210 and 1,220 m.
  4. ^ "Table Top Mountain-Middle Peak, New York". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Table Top Mountain-North Peak, New York". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

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