Wallface Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, United States. The mountain is named after the cliff on its southeastern side. Wallface is flanked to the west by MacNaughton Mountain, and faces Mount Marshall to the southeast across Indian Pass.

Wallface Mountain
Wallface Mountain at left, from Mount Jo
Highest point
Elevation1,136 metres (3,727 ft)
Prominence180 m (590 ft)[1]
Coordinates44°8.282′N 74°2.205′W / 44.138033°N 74.036750°W / 44.138033; -74.036750
Geography
Wallface Mountain is located in New York Adirondack Park
Wallface Mountain
Wallface Mountain
Location of Wallface Mountain within New York
Wallface Mountain is located in the United States
Wallface Mountain
Wallface Mountain
Wallface Mountain (the United States)
LocationNorth Elba, Essex County, New York, U.S.
Parent rangeStreet Range
Topo mapUSGS Ampersand Lake
Wallface Mountain looking north northwest from Lake Henderson

The southeast and west sides of Wallface Mountain drain into the southern Indian Pass Brook, thence into Henderson Lake, the source of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay. The northern slopes of Wallface Mountain drain into the northern Indian Pass Brook, thence into the West Branch of the Ausable River, into Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Wallface Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.

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  1. ^ Key col elevation between 950 and 960 m.
 
Wallface's cliff, from Indian Pass

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