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The MacIntyre Mountains or MacIntyre Range is a range of mountains in the High Peaks region 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 ...
, due west of Mount Marcy
Mount Marcy is the highest point in the Adirondack Mountains and the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, with an elevation of . It is located in the town of Keene, New York, Keene in Essex County, New York, Essex County. The mountain is ...
, in northeastern New York State
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the northeastern United States. Bordered by New England to the east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and ...
. The range runs from southwest to northeast. Its sheer southwest slope makes up one side of Indian Pass, and a northeastern spur forms the cliffs of Avalanche Pass. From southwest to northeast, the range includes Mount Marshall, Iroquois Peak
Iroquois Peak is a mountain in the MacIntyre Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is the eighth-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of , and one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks, High Peaks in Adiro ...
, Boundary Peak, Algonquin Peak
Algonquin Peak is a mountain in the MacIntyre Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the second-highest mountain in New York, with an elevation of , and one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks. It is located in the town of N ...
, and Wright Peak
Wright Peak is a mountain in the MacIntyre Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 16th-highest of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of . It is located in the town of North Elba in Essex County. The ...
. Algonquin is the second-highest peak in the Adirondacks.
Despite being spelled differently, the range is named for Archibald McIntyre
Archibald McIntyre (June 1, 1772 Kenmore, Perth and Kinross, Dull, Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland – May 6, 1858 Albany, New York, Albany, Albany County, New York), was an American merchant and politician.
Life
He was the son of Daniel McInt ...
, the founder of the McIntyre Iron Works at Tahawus, New York
Tahawus (also called Adirondac, or McIntyre, pronounced ) was a village in the Town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York, United States. It is now a ghost town situated in the Adirondack Park. Tahawus is located in Essex County within the unp ...
. The name McIntyre originally referred only to Algonquin Peak, and was given to the mountain in 1837 by a party led by New York state geologist Ebenezer Emmons
Ebenezer Emmons (May 16, 1799October 1, 1863), was an American geologist whose work includes the naming of the Adirondack Mountains in New York as well as a first ascent of Mount Marcy.
Early life
Emmons was born at Middlefield, Massachusetts, ...
. Mountaineer Russell Carson applied the name to the entire range in his accounts. The earliest recorded ascent on the range was made in 1797, when surveyor Charles Brodhead crossed Boundary Peak to mark the boundary of the Old Military Tract.
See also
*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, ...
References
* * * Adirondack High Peaks Landforms of Essex County, New York Mountain ranges of New York (state) {{EssexCountyNY-geo-stub