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New York County High Points

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Rank	County	Peak	Elev-Ft (Opt)	Range (Level 5)	Prom-Ft (Opt)
1.	Essex	Mount Marcy	5344	Adirondack High Peaks	4924
2.	Franklin	Seward Mountain	4364	Adirondack High Peaks	2054
11.	Rensselaer	Berlin Mountain	2818	Berkshire Hills	1578
4.	Greene	Hunter Mountain	4060	Central Catskills	2180
16.	Washington	Black Mountain	2660	Eastern Adirondacks	2320
22.	Ontario	Frost Hill	2300	Finger Lakes	1160
23.	Livingston	Tabor Benchmark	2244	Finger Lakes	1064
26.	Madison	Madison County High Point	2160	Finger Lakes	1020
26.	Yates	Yates County High Point	2160	Finger Lakes	200
28.	Cortland	Virgil Mountain	2132	Finger Lakes	952
33.	Schuyler	Sugar Hill	2100	Finger Lakes	980
32.	Tompkins	Connecticut Hill	2099	Finger Lakes	1129
35.	Onondaga	Morgan Hill	2080	Finger Lakes	820
37.	Tioga	Tioga County High Point	1994	Finger Lakes	344
38.	Oneida	Tassel Hill	1960	Finger Lakes	440
40.	Chemung	North Martin Hill	1914	Finger Lakes	639
41.	Cayuga	Cayuga County High Point	1880	Finger Lakes	580
45.	Seneca	Hector Backbone-North Slope	1660	Finger Lakes	40
46.	Montgomery	Willse Hill-Northeast Area	1620	Finger Lakes	40
51.	Monroe	Hopper Hills-Middle Summit	1050	Finger Lakes	40
54.	Wayne	East Johnson Hill	701	Finger Lakes	240
44.	Orange	Schunnemunk Mountain	1664	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	1184
47.	Putnam	Scofield Ridge	1560	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	160
50.	Rockland	Rockhouse Mountain	1283	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	223
	Rockland	or Jackie Jones Mountain	1300	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	280
56.	Richmond	Todt Hill	420	Northeast Terminal Moraine	420
57.	Suffolk	Jaynes Hill	400	Northeast Terminal Moraine	400
58.	Nassau	Harbor Hill	370	Northeast Terminal Moraine	175
61.	Queens	North Shore Towers Country Club	270	Northeast Terminal Moraine	110
60.	New York	Manhattan High Point	265	Northeast Terminal Moraine	265
62.	Kings	Battle Hill	220	Northeast Terminal Moraine	135
6.	Clinton	Lyon Mountain	3840	Northern Adirondacks	2265
15.	Saint Lawrence	Mount Matumbla	2688	Northern Adirondacks	1097
17.	Allegany	Alma Hill	2548	Northern Allegheny Plateau	968
18.	Cattaraugus	Clare Benchmark	2430	Northern Allegheny Plateau	350
20.	Steuben	Call Hill	2420	Northern Allegheny Plateau	540
	Steuben	or Jackson Hill	2420	Northern Allegheny Plateau	260
24.	Chautauqua	Gurnsey Benchmark	2200	Northern Allegheny Plateau	40
29.	Wyoming	Wyoming County High Point	2116	Northern Allegheny Plateau	116
38.	Erie	Sardinia Benchmark	1950	Northern Allegheny Plateau	510
48.	Genesee	Genesee County High Point	1480	Northern Allegheny Plateau	20
53.	Orleans	Pine Hill	750	Northern Allegheny Plateau	110
55.	Niagara	Bunker Hill	680	Northern Allegheny Plateau	45
9.	Schoharie	Huntersfield Mountain	3423	Northern Catskills	1483
25.	Albany	Henry Hill	2180	Northern Catskills	320
49.	Schenectady	Schenectady County High Point	1456	Northern Catskills	636
8.	Delaware	Bearpen Mountain-Northwest Peak	3540	Northwest Catskills	60
19.	Otsego	Otsego County High Point	2440	Northwest Catskills	120
34.	Broome	Slawson Benchmark	2100	Northwest Catskills	360
36.	Chenango	Chenango County High Point	2060	Northwest Catskills	260
5.	Hamilton	Snowy Mountain	3898	Southern Adirondacks	2258
7.	Warren	Gore Mountain	3583	Southern Adirondacks	1870
12.	Fulton	Pigeon Mountain	2800	Southern Adirondacks	891
13.	Saratoga	Tenant Mountain	2776	Southern Adirondacks	1182
14.	Herkimer	Herkimer County High Point	2717	Southern Adirondacks	454
3.	Ulster	Slide Mountain	4200	Southern Catskills	3310
21.	Dutchess	Brace Mountain	2333	Southern Taconic Range	217
30.	Columbia	Alander Mountain-Southwest Ridge	2120	Southern Taconic Range	20
52.	Westchester	Bailey Benchmark	990	Southern Taconic Range	60
59.	Bronx	Bronx High Point	290	Southern Taconic Range	200
10.	Sullivan	Beech Mountain	3118	Southwest Catskills	118
30.	Lewis	Gomer Hill	2120	Tug Hill	1000
42.	Jefferson	Jefferson County High Point	1750	Tug Hill	60
43.	Oswego	Oswego County High Point	1740	Tug Hill	70

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List Description

Acknowledgments

Sources that were used to help me compile this list include:

Over 30 of these points I determined by personal research done prior to 1990.
Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 1993 by Andy Martin.
Book Peak Experience: Hiking the Hihgest Summits in New York, County by County by Gary Fallesen (2000, Footprint Press)

Links

New York County High Points

Selected Guidebook(s) for this List

Peak Experiences, Hiking the Highest Summits of New York (Fallesen)

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