Table Top Mountain is a
mountain
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located in
Essex County in the U.S. State of
New York
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Table Top Mtn. is flanked to the north by
Phelps Mountain, and to the south by
Mount Marcy
Mount Marcy (Mohawk: ''Tewawe’éstha'') is the highest point in New York, with an elevation of . It is located in the Town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain is in the heart of the Adirondack High Peaks region of the High Peaks Wildern ...
.
Table Top has three summits; the southernmost is the highest, followed by the middle peak at and the north peak at .
Table Top Mountain stands within the
watershed
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of the
Ausable River Au Sable or Ausable may refer to various places:
Michigan
*Au Sable Township, Iosco County, Michigan
**Au Sable, Michigan, an unincorporated community in the above township
*Au Sable Township, Roscommon County, Michigan New York
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, which drains into
Lake Champlain
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, thence into
Canada
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's
Richelieu River, the
Saint Lawrence River
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, 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
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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Table Top Mountain
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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Adirondack Forty-Sixers
Notes
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Mountains of Essex County, New York
Adirondack High Peaks
Mountains of New York (state)
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