Couchsachraga Peak is a
mountain
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located in
Essex County,
New York
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.
"Couchsachraga" is based on an
Algonquin
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Languages and peoples
*Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia
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or
Huron
Huron may refer to:
Native American ethnography
* Huron people, who have been called Wyandotte, Wyandot, Wendat and Quendat
* Huron language, an Iroquoian language
* Huron-Wendat Nation, or Huron-Wendat First Nation, or Nation Huronne-Wendat
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name for the area, meaning "dismal wilderness". The mountain is part of the
Santanoni Range
:''Santanoni is also the name of the Santanoni Preserve, the once-private preserve that contained Santanoni Peak.''
Santanoni Peak is a mountain located in the Santanoni Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the fourte ...
of the
Adirondacks
The Adirondack Mountains ( ) are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York (state), New York which form a circular dome approximately wide and covering about . The region contains more than 100 peaks, including Mount Marcy, which is the hi ...
. Couchsachraga Peak is flanked to the east by
Panther Peak
Panther Peak is a mountain in the Santanoni Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 18th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of . It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County, inside Adironda ...
. There is no marked trail to the summit, which, being fully forested, has no views.
Couchsachraga Peak stands within the
watershed
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of the
Cold River, which drains into the
Raquette River
The Raquette River, sometimes spelled Racquette, originates at Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. long, it is the third longest river entirely in the state of New York.
The river is a popular destinatio ...
, the
Saint Lawrence River
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in
Canada
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, and into the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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.
The southern sides of Couchsachraga drains into Calahan Brook, thence into Moose Creek and the Cold River.
The northeast and northern sides of Couchsachraga drain via several brooks into the Cold River.
According to the 1897 survey of the Adirondacks, the height of Couchsachraga Peak was over , so it was included in the 46
High Peaks; the 1953 USGS found it and three other peaks to be lower, but the list has not been changed.
Couchsachraga is within New York's
Adirondack Park
The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York (state), New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. At , ...
.
See also
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List of mountains in New York
There are three major mountain ranges in New York: the Adirondack Mountains, the Catskill Mountains, and part of the Appalachian Mountains.
Adirondack Mountains
The Adirondack Mountains are sometimes considered part of the Appalachians but, ...
*
Northeast 111
The Northeast 111 is a peak-bagging list of mountains in the northeastern states of the United States. It includes the sixty-seven 4000-footers of New England (48 in New Hampshire, 14 in Maine and 5 in Vermont), the 46 Adirondack High Peaks, ...
4,000-footers
*
Adirondack High Peaks
The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York (state), New York state. They have been popular hiking destinations since the late 1920s, when the list of peaks was published in Russell Carson's bo ...
*
Adirondack Forty-Sixers
The Adirondack Forty-Sixers are an organization of hikers who have Peak bagging, climbed all forty-six of the traditionally recognized Adirondack High Peaks, High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. They are often referred to just as 46ers. As of ...
References
External links
Backcountry information for Adirondack Parkat ''dec.ny.gov''
Couchsachraga Peak geographyat ''peakbagger.com''
Couchsachraga Peak descriptionat ''summitpost.org''
Mountains of Essex County, New York
Adirondack High Peaks
Mountains of New York (state)
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