Hough Peak () is a
mountain
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located in
Essex County,
New York
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The mountain, part of the
Dix Range
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, is named after
Franklin B. Hough
Franklin Benjamin Hough ("huff" ; July 20, 1822 – June 11, 1885) was a scientist, historian and the first chief of the United States Division of Forestry, the predecessor of the United States Forest Service. He was among the first to call att ...
(1822–1885), the first chief of the United States
Division of Forestry
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, and sometimes called the "father of American forestry".
Hough Peak is flanked to the north by
Dix Mountain
Dix Mountain is the sixth highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park, and is located roughly on the boundary between the towns of North Hudson and Keene in Essex County, New York. The peak was named in 1837 after John Dix ...
, and to the south by
South Dix.
The east side of Hough Peak drains into the headwaters of the South Fork of the
Boquet River
The Boquet River (or Bouquet River before a 1982 Board on Geographic Names decision) is a small river in upstate New York, United States. The river flows into Lake Champlain at the east border of the Town of Willsboro in Essex County.
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, thence into
Lake Champlain
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, which drains into
Canada
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's
Richelieu River
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, the
Saint Lawrence River
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, and into the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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The west side of Hough Peak drains into Lillian Brook, thence into the East Inlet of
Elk Lake, and into The Branch of the
Schroon River
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, the
Hudson River
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, and into
New York Bay
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Geography
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Hough Peak is within the
Dix Mountain Wilderness Area
The Dix Mountain Wilderness Area is the name previously given to an area of New York's Forest Preserve in the Adirondack Park , and is located in the towns of Elizabethtown, Keene and North Hudson, Essex County. It is roughly bounded on the no ...
of
Adirondack State Park
The Adirondack Park is a part of New York's Forest Preserve in northeastern New York, United States. The park was established in 1892 for “the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure”, and for watershed protection. The park ...
.
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, geo ...
*
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, an ...
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 book ...
*
Adirondack Forty-Sixers
The Adirondack Forty-Sixers are an organization of hikers who have climbed all forty-six of the traditionally recognized High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. They are often referred to just as 46ers. As of 2021, there were nearly 14,000 regi ...
Notes
External links
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Mountains of Essex County, New York
Adirondack High Peaks
Mountains of New York (state)
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