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Northeastern Wilderness High Points

Rank	Wilderness	State	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 4)	Ascents
1.	Great Gulf	New Hampshire	Great Gulf Wilderness High Point	5906	White Mountains	253
2.	Presidential Range-Dry River	New Hampshire	Boott Spur	5492	White Mountains	481
3.	High Peaks	New York	Mount Marcy	5344	Adirondack Mountains	2536
4.	Pemigewasset	New Hampshire	Mount Lafayette	5240	White Mountains	3657
5.	Wild River	New Hampshire	Carter Dome	4832	White Mountains	1742
6.	Dix Mountain	New York	Dix Mountain	4823	Adirondack Mountains	1023
7.	Giant Mountain	New York	Giant Mountain	4626	Adirondack Mountains	1831
8.	Mckenzie Mountain	New York	Whiteface Mountain - Southwest Slope	4265	Adirondack Mountains	11
9.	Slide Mountain	New York	Slide Mountain	4180	Catskill Mountains	1513
10.	Sandwich Range	New Hampshire	North Tripyramid	4160	White Mountains	1686
11.	Hunter-West Kill Mountain	New York	Hunter Mountain	4040	Catskill Mountains	1426
12.	Windham-Blackhead Range	New York	Black Dome	3980	Catskill Mountains	879
13.	Sentinel Range	New York	Kilburn Mountain	3881	Adirondack Mountains	15
14.	West Canada Lake	New York	Panther Mountain	3862	Adirondack Mountains	71
15.	Indian Head	New York	Plateau Mountain	3840	Catskill Mountains	694
16.	Breadloaf	Vermont	Bread Loaf Mountain	3835	Green Mountains	305
17.	Hoffman Notch	New York	Hoffman Mountain	3704	Adirondack Mountains	18
18.	Big Indian	New York	Big Indian Mountain	3700	Catskill Mountains	513
18.	Glastenbury	Vermont	Glastenbury Mountain - West Slope	3700	Green Mountains	24
20.	Blue Ridge	New York	Wakely Mountain - North Slope	3681	Adirondack Mountains	8
21.	Hurricane Mountain	New York	Hurricane Mountain	3678	Adirondack Mountains	805
22.	Little Moose	New York	Little Moose Mountain	3632	Adirondack Mountains	12
23.	Jay Mountain	New York	Saddleback Mountain	3615	Adirondack Mountains	42
24.	Siamese Ponds	New York	Puffer Mountain	3451	Adirondack Mountains	20
25.	Peru Peak	Vermont	Peru Peak	3425	Green Mountains	148
26.	Joseph Battell	Vermont	Gillespie Peak	3366	Green Mountains	165
27.	Silver Lake	New York	Hamilton Mountain	3248	Adirondack Mountains	5
28.	Big Branch	Vermont	Mount Tabor	3051	Green Mountains	23
29.	Lye Brook	Vermont	Lye Brook Meadows Peak	2941	Green Mountains	12
30.	Pigeon Lake	New York	West Mountain	2913	Adirondack Mountains	16
31.	Caribou-Speckled Mountain	Maine	Speckled Mountain	2906	White Mountains	124
32.	George D. Aiken	Vermont	Aiken-yaw Mountain	2618	Green Mountains	11
33.	Pharaoh Lake	New York	Pharaoh Mountain	2556	Adirondack Mountains	147
34.	Hudson Gorge	New York	Starbuck Mountain	2533	Adirondack Mountains	4
35.	Five Ponds	New York	Hitchins Pond Peak	2463	Adirondack Mountains	0
36.	Ha-de-ron-dah	New York	Ha-de-ron-dah Wilderness High Point	2359	Adirondack Mountains	0
37.	Bristol Cliffs	Vermont	South Mountain	2325	Green Mountains	7
38.	William C. Whitney	New York	Antediluvian Mountain	2323	Adirondack Mountains	0
39.	Round Lake	New York	Lost Pond Peak	2264	Adirondack Mountains	2
40.	Pepperbox	New York	Twin Ponds Peak	2172	Adirondack Mountains	0
41.	Hickory Creek	Pennsylvania	Hickory Creek Wilderness High Point	1900	Allegheny Plateau	3
42.	Allegheny Islands	Pennsylvania	Crulls Island High Point	1150	Allegheny Plateau	2
43.	Moosehorn-Baring Unit	Maine	Bald Mountain - South Peak	400	New England Upland	0
44.	Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge	New Jersey	Great Swamp Refuge High Point	280	Mid-Atlantic Highlands	13
45.	Moosehorn	Maine	Moosehorn Wilderness High Point	200	New England Upland	0
46.	Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune	New York	Fire Island Wilderness High Point	45	Mid-Atlantic Highlands	6
47.	Monomoy	Massachusetts	Monomoy Island High Point	30	Mid-Atlantic Highlands	0
48.	Brigantine	New Jersey	Brigantine Refuge High Point	13	Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain	6

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List Description

Wilderness areas are large tracts of land where resource extraction, roads, structures, and motors of any kind are forbidden. The only intrusion of man permitted is foot travel and low-impact camping. They represent the last sanctuaries of the primeval world left in our developed country, and most of them are in the high mountains.

This list shows the highest points in designated Wilderness Areas in New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. These include the federally designated Wilderness Areas on National Forest and Wildlife Refuge land, plus the New York state Department of Conservation Wilderness Areas in the Adirondacks and Catskills. These two ranges are unique in the US in being managed by a state agency, not a federal one, and the state wildernesses are functionally equivalent to the federal ones. So it made sense to include their high points on this list.

Note that the boundaries of many Wilderness Areas are indistinct and not always shown accurately on topographic maps. In addition, many Wilderness high points are "liners" or "slope points" located where a boundary is excluding a summit area that has road or tower development. So finding the exact point for many of these summits may be difficult, and being sure of reaching them may require independent research. In some cases, where a wilderness boundary came very close to a prominent undeveloped summit, that summit is assumed to be the wilderness high point even if the official boundary may be a few feet away.

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