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Northeast USA Triple Divide Points

Minimum basin size of 100 square miles

Showing James Barlow's first ascent dates for climbed peaks

Rank	Peak	Elev-Ft (Opt)	Basin 1	Basin 2	Basin 3	Range (Level 5)	Ascent Date
3.	Salmon Mountain	3425	St. Lawrence	Androscoggin	Connecticut	Boundary Ranges
4.	Border Monument 441 Peak	3360	St. Lawrence	Androscoggin	Kennebec	Boundary Ranges
17.	Merrimack-Charles-Blackstone Triple Divide	561	Charles	Blackstone	Merrimack	Southern New England Upland
5.	Styles Peak-North Peak	3307	St. Lawrence	Hudson	Connecticut	Southern Green Mountains
9.	Hudson-Connecticut-Housatanic Triple Divide	2126	Housatonic	Hudson	Connecticut	Berkshire Hills
12.	South Crow Hill	1660	St. Lawrence	Hudson	Susquehanna	Finger Lakes
2.	Mount Field	4360	Saco	Merrimack	Connecticut	Franconia Area
14.	Crocker Hill	1230	Blackstone	Merrimack	Connecticut	Southern New England Upland
6.	Mississippi-Susquehanna-Potomac Triple Divide Point	2860	Potomac	Mississippi	Susquehanna	Northern Allegheny Mountains
8.	Potter County Triple Divide Point	2540	St. Lawrence	Mississippi	Susquehanna	Northern Allegheny Plateau
13.	Hudson-Delaware-Passaic Triple Divide	1300	Hudson	Passaic	Delaware	Hudson-Jersey Highlands
11.	East Miles Notch Peak	1920	Androscoggin	Presumpscot	Saco	Eastern White Mountains
15.	Delaware-Raritan-Passaic Triple Divide	1220	Passaic	Raritan	Delaware	Hudson-Jersey Highlands
1.	Mount Washington	6288	Androscoggin	Saco	Connecticut	Presidential Range	2008-08-26 c
10.	Border Monument 318 Peak	1940	St. Lawrence	Saint John	Penobscot	Boundary Ranges
7.	Woodchuck Hill	2700	Delaware	Susquehanna	Hudson	Northwest Catskills
16.	Elliott Hill	1191	Blackstone	Thames [CT]	Connecticut	Southern New England Upland

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List Description

To be on this list, a peak must be the triple divide point of three basins of rivers that reach marine water, and the smallest of these basins must be over 100 square miles. This last condition excludes what could easily be hundreds of peaks that are triple divides that involve tiny coastal creeks. Peaks located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the six New England states are listed.

Outside of the two major New Hampshire 4000-footers at the top of the list, most of the other peaks are quite obscure. However, the river systems that meet at these points will be familiar to most Northeast residents, and finding the hydrographic junction of three major rivers might have an intuitive appeal to many peakbaggers.

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