Lower Wolfjaw Mountain

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain
Lower Wolfjaw from Noonmark Mountain
Highest point
Elevation4,175 ft (1,273 m) NGVD 29[1]
ListingAdirondack High Peaks 30th[2]
Coordinates44°08′54″N 73°49′58″W / 44.1483845°N 73.8326399°W / 44.1483845; -73.8326399[3]
Geography
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is located in New York Adirondack Park
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain
Location of Lower Wolfjaw Mountain within New York
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is located in the United States
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain (the United States)
LocationKeene, Essex County, New York
Parent rangeGreat Range
Topo mapUSGS Keene Valley
Climbing
First ascent1875 by Ed Phelps[4]
Easiest routeHike

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is located in Essex County, New York, United States. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836–1892) named Lower Wolfjaw, together with neighboring Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, about 1870 for their appearance in profile. The mountain is the northeasternmost of the Adirondack High Peaks in the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains. Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is flanked to the southwest by Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, and to the northeast by Hedgehog Mountain.

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain stands within the watershed of the East Branch of the Ausable River, which drains into Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The east and southeast sides of Lower Wolfjaw Mtn. drain into Wedge Brook, thence into the East Branch of the Ausable River. The west side of Lower Wolfjaw Mountain drains into Wolfjaw Brook, thence into Johns Brook and the East Branch. The north side of Lower Wolfjaw drains into Bennies Brook, thence into Johns Brook. The northeast end of Lower Wolfjaw drains into Rock Cut Brook, thence into Johns Brook.

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.

  1. ^ Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
  2. ^ "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Lower Wolfjaw Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  4. ^ Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 148–150. ISBN 9781404751200.