| Mount Emmons | |
|---|---|
 Mount Emmons (left) seen fromSeymour Mountain, March 1995 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,040 ft (1,230 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks 40th[2] |
| Coordinates | 44°08′37″N74°12′51″W / 44.1436698°N 74.2140464°W /44.1436698; -74.2140464[3] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Ebenezer Emmons |
| Geography | |
  Mount Emmons Mount Emmons (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Location | Franklin County,New York, United States |
| Parent range | Seward Mountains, Adirondack Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Ampersand Lake |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | October 14, 1870, byVerplanck Colvin and Alvah Dunning[4] |
Mount Emmons is amountain in the Seward Range of theAdirondack Mountains in theU.S. state ofNew York. It is the 40th-highest of theAdirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,040 feet (1,230 m). The mountain is located in the town ofHarrietstown inFranklin County. It is named for New York state geologistEbenezer Emmons, who gave the mountains the popular name "Adirondacks", named at least five individual mountains, and made ascents of four during a survey of the region between 1837 and 1842. During the 19th century, the name "Mount Emmons" was bestowed upon a different mountain, today known as "Blue Mountain". Russell M. L. Carson proposed the name "Mount Emmons" be given to an unnamed peak south of Mount Seward in his 1927 book Peaks and People of the Adirondacks.[4] The earliest recorded ascent was likely made on October 14, 1870, by surveyorVerplanck Colvin and trail guide Alvah Dunning during a hike to Mount Seward.[4]
The summit of Emmons can be accessed on unmarked trails. The easiest access to the Seward Range is on the Ward Brook Truck Trail, which begins at a parking lot on Coreys Road south of the village ofSaranac Lake. Between an intersection with a horse trail 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from the trailhead and the Ward Brooklean-to located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) from the trailhead, the trail crosses three brooks; the preferred route to Seward Mountain branches off from the trail at the first of these. An alternative route to the Seward Range follows the Calkins Brook Track Trail. This trail begins at the same parking lot and coincides with the Truck Trail for 1.2 miles (1.9 km) before diverging to the right. The unmarked trail to the Seward Range branches off the Calkins Brook Trail at 3.3 miles (5.3 km). Another unmarked trail connects the summits of Seward Mountain,Donaldson Mountain, and Mount Emmons (New York).[5]
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