| Basin Mountain | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Basin_Mountain_(NY).jpg) Basin as seen from Haystack | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,827 ft (1,471 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks 9th[2] |
| Coordinates | 44°07′16″N 73°53′11″W / 44.1211639°N 73.8862527°W[3] |
| Geography | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:New_York_Adirondack.svg)  Basin Mountain Location of Basin Mountain within New York &sq=&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Basin Mountain Basin Mountain (the United States) | |
| Location | Keene, New York, U.S. |
| Parent range | Adirondacks |
| Topo map | USGS Keene Valley |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Between 1869 and 1871 by James J. Storrow and Orlando Beede[4] |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Basin Mountain is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the ninth-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,827 feet (1,471 m), and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The peak was named either for the basins formed between knobs on its slopes or the large basin to its southeast formed by it and the surrounding mountains.[4][5] The name Basin was most likely coined by Orson Schofield Phelps and Frederick W. Perkins in 1857 during an ascent of Mount Marcy. The earliest appearance of the name in writing was made by surveyor Verplanck Colvin in 1873.[4]
Basin Mountain can be climbed from many trailheads in the High Peaks Wilderness Area. Steep ledges on the west side of the mountain make backpacking over the mountain difficult.[5] The State Range Trail, which begins at Johns Brook Lodge, crosses over Basin and other peaks of the Great Range. From the lodge, the route to the summit of Basin is 4.5 miles (7.2 km), for 2,870 feet (870 m) of total ascent, crossing over Saddleback Mountain on the way. From the south, the State Range Trail intersects with the Shorey Short Cut, the Haystack Brook Trail, and the Phelps Trail.[5] The mountain can also be crossed as part of a hike of the entire Great Range.[6] The summit of the mountain is an alpine zone, and offers views of Gothics to the east, Shanty Brook Valley to the southeast, Upper Ausable Lake to the South, Mount Haystack to the southwest, and Mount Marcy to the west.[5]
- ^ Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. p. 286. ISBN 9780998637181.
- ^ "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Basin Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 114–116. ISBN 9781404751200.
- ^ a b c d Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 48–50. ISBN 9780998637181.
- ^ Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 52–53. ISBN 9780998637181.