Porter Mountain

Porter Mountain
Porter Mountain from Rooster Comb Mountain
Highest point
Elevation4,059 ft (1,237 m) NGVD 29[1]
ListingAdirondack High Peaks 38th[2]
Coordinates44°12′45″N 73°51′13″W / 44.21250°N 73.85361°W / 44.21250; -73.85361[3]
Geography
Porter Mountain is located in New York Adirondack Park
Porter Mountain
Porter Mountain
Location of Porter Mountain within New York
Porter Mountain is located in the United States
Porter Mountain
Porter Mountain
Porter Mountain (the United States)
LocationKeene, New York, U.S.
Parent rangeAdirondacks
Topo mapUSGS Keene Valley
Climbing
First ascent1875 by Ed Phelps and Noah Porter[4]
Easiest routeHike

Porter Mountain is one of the Adirondack High Peaks. It is number 38 in order of height, and one of the easier hikes of the Adirondack Forty-Sixers. It is named after Noah Porter, one of the first to climb it, later president of Yale University.[4]

It is often climbed to with Cascade Mountain. While it lacks the pseudo-alpine open summit of Cascade, there are nevertheless wide views available from the summit, particularly of the Johns Brook Valley to the east (which Porter blocks from Cascade); it is often less crowded than Cascade.

A yellow-blazed trail leaves the trail to Cascade about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) short of that mountain's summit, and leads down into the mountain pass between the two peaks about 1 mile (1.6 km) to Porter's summit.

It is also possible to follow this trail from its other terminus, over neighboring Blueberry Mountain from Keene Valley, although that involves a greater vertical ascent and a longer trip. The trailhead to Blueberry Mountain and subsequently Porter Mountain is accessible from a parking lot next to Marcy Airfield on route 73.

  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 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Porter Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 184–186. ISBN 9781404751200.