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| Mount Pisgah | |
|---|---|
 Radio towers mark the summit of Mount Pisgah, left, fromLower Saranac Lake, the twin peaks of McKenzie Mountain at right | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,090 ft (640 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 44°20′27″N74°07′41″W / 44.3408848°N 74.1279324°W /44.3408848; -74.1279324[1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Pisgah Location of Mount Pisgah within New York Show map of New York Adirondack Park Mount Pisgah Mount Pisgah (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Location | Essex County,New York |
| Topo map | USGSSaranac Lake |
Mount Pisgah is a 2,090-foot-tall (640 m)mountain inEssex County on the northern edge of the village ofSaranac Lake. The mountain is privately owned. There is a small, dispersed housing development on the south side, communications towers on the summit, and a village ski area on the north side.
It is one of three small mountains surrounding Saranac Lake: the others areBaker Mountain andDewey Mountain. The name comes from the Bible: it was the mountain east of Jordan from which Moses was permitted to view the promised land. In the 1890s it was called Jenkins Hill.
In 1952, poet, novelist and short story writerSylvia Plath broke her leg skiing on Mount Pisgah while visiting her boyfriend, Dick Norton, who was curing atNew York State Sanatorium at Ray Brook. She fictionalized this incident in her novelThe Bell Jar.