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New York County High Points

Rank	County	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 5)	Prom-Ft	Ascents
53.	Orleans	Pine Hill	740	Northern Allegheny Plateau	90	38
54.	Wayne	East Johnson Hill	701	Finger Lakes	240	36
55.	Niagara	Bunker Hill	675	Northern Allegheny Plateau	35	53
56.	Richmond	Todt Hill	410	Northeast Islands/Cape Cod	410	105
57.	Suffolk	Jaynes Hill	380	Northeast Islands/Cape Cod	380	117
58.	Nassau	Harbor Hill	360	Northeast Islands/Cape Cod	165	71
59.	Bronx	Bronx High Point	280	Southern Taconic Range	180	82
60.	New York	Manhattan High Point	265	Northeast Islands/Cape Cod	265	157
61.	Queens	North Shore Towers Country Club	260	Northeast Islands/Cape Cod	90	88
62.	Kings	Battle Hill	220	Northeast Islands/Cape Cod	135	129
1.	Essex	Mount Marcy	5344	Adirondack High Peaks	4914	2536
2.	Franklin	Seward Mountain	4331	Adirondack High Peaks	2021	789
3.	Ulster	Slide Mountain	4180	Southern Catskills	3280	1513
4.	Greene	Hunter Mountain	4040	Central Catskills	2140	1426
5.	Hamilton	Snowy Mountain	3898	Southern Adirondacks	2224	478
6.	Clinton	Lyon Mountain	3820	Northern Adirondacks	2212	451
7.	Warren	Gore Mountain	3563	Southern Adirondacks	1850	222
8.	Delaware	Bearpen Mountain - Northwest Peak	3520	Northwest Catskills	20	100
9.	Schoharie	Huntersfield Mountain	3423	Northern Catskills	1483	81
10.	Sullivan	Beech Mountain	3118	Southwest Catskills	98	43
11.	Rensselaer	Berlin Mountain	2818	Berkshire Hills	1558	194
12.	Fulton	Pigeon Mountain	2780	Southern Adirondacks	851	21
13.	Saratoga	Tenant Mountain	2756	Southern Adirondacks	1142	22
14.	Herkimer	Herkimer County High Point	2697	Southern Adirondacks	413	14
15.	Saint Lawrence	Mount Matumbla	2688	Northern Adirondacks	1079	16
16.	Washington	Black Mountain	2640	Eastern Adirondacks	2280	596
17.	Allegany	Alma Hill	2548	Northern Allegheny Plateau	948	29
18.	Cattaraugus	Clare Benchmark	2430	Northern Allegheny Plateau	330	19
19.	Otsego	Otsego County High Point	2420	Northwest Catskills	80	38
20.	Steuben	Call Hill	2400	Northern Allegheny Plateau	500	22
	Steuben	or Jackson Hill	2400	Northern Allegheny Plateau	220	7
21.	Dutchess	Brace Mountain	2323	Southern Taconic Range	197	342
22.	Ontario	Frost Hill	2280	Finger Lakes	1120	28
23.	Livingston	Tabor Benchmark	2244	Finger Lakes	1044	28
24.	Chautauqua	Gurnsey Benchmark	2180	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0	36
25.	Albany	Pond Hill	2170	Northern Catskills	290	27
26.	Madison	Morrow Mountain	2140	Finger Lakes	980	56
26.	Yates	Yates County High Point	2140	Finger Lakes	160	20
28.	Cortland	Virgil Mountain	2132	Finger Lakes	932	75
29.	Wyoming	Wyoming County High Point	2116	Northern Allegheny Plateau	96	28
30.	Lewis	Gomer Hill	2110	Tug Hill	970	31
30.	Columbia	Alander Mountain - Southwest Ridge	2110	Southern Taconic Range	0	134
32.	Tompkins	Connecticut Hill	2099	Finger Lakes	1119	64
33.	Schuyler	Sugar Hill	2090	Finger Lakes	950	70
34.	Broome	Slawson Benchmark	2080	Northwest Catskills	320	28
35.	Onondaga	Morgan Hill	2060	Finger Lakes	780	48
36.	Chenango	Chenango County High Point	2040	Northwest Catskills	220	29
37.	Tioga	Tioga County High Point	1994	Finger Lakes	334	35
38.	Erie	Sardinia Benchmark	1940	Northern Allegheny Plateau	490	34
38.	Oneida	Tassel Hill	1940	Finger Lakes	400	41
40.	Chemung	North Martin Hill	1914	Finger Lakes	639	32
41.	Cayuga	Cayuga County High Point	1860	Finger Lakes	540	43
42.	Jefferson	Jefferson County High Point	1740	Tug Hill	40	16
43.	Oswego	Oswego County High Point	1730	Tug Hill	50	18
44.	Orange	Schunnemunk Mountain	1664	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	1164	212
45.	Seneca	Hector Backbone - North Slope	1640	Finger Lakes	0	50
46.	Montgomery	Willse Hill - Northeast Area	1600	Finger Lakes	0	27
47.	Putnam	Scofield Ridge	1540	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	120	125
48.	Genesee	Genesee County High Point	1470	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0	34
49.	Schenectady	Schenectady County High Point	1456	Northern Catskills	616	45
50.	Rockland	Jackie Jones Mountain	1278	Hudson-Jersey Highlands	238	93
51.	Monroe	Hopper Hills - Middle Summit	1040	Finger Lakes	20	34
52.	Westchester	Bailey Benchmark	980	Southern Taconic Range	40	102

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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)

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New York County High Points

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

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