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Mountain Peaks in Essex County, New York

30 mountain peaks in Essex County. Every location page has sunrise and sunset azimuths, a monthly golden hour table, Milky Way windows and nearby spots.

Top mountain peaks

Mount MarcyMountain Peak
Mount MarcyEssex County · 1,626 m
Whiteface MountainMountain Peak
Whiteface MountainEssex County · 1,111 m
Mount HaystackMountain Peak
Mount HaystackEssex County · 1,497 m
Algonquin PeakMountain Peak
Algonquin PeakEssex County · 1,555 m
Mount SkylightMountain Peak
Mount SkylightEssex County · 1,495 m
Wallface MountainMountain Peak
Wallface MountainEssex County · 1,131 m
McKenzie MountainMountain Peak
McKenzie MountainEssex County · 1,165 m
Mount ColdenMountain Peak
Mount ColdenEssex County · 1,436 m
Mount ColvinMountain Peak
Mount ColvinEssex County · 1,235 m
Cascade MountainMountain Peak
Cascade MountainEssex County · 1,241 m
Dix MountainMountain Peak
Dix MountainEssex County · 1,473 m
Esther MountainMountain Peak
Esther MountainEssex County · 1,293 m
MacNaughton MountainMountain Peak
MacNaughton MountainEssex County · 1,214 m
Pitchoff MountainMountain Peak
Pitchoff MountainEssex County · 1,063 m
Panther PeakMountain Peak
Panther PeakEssex County · 1,358 m
Dial MountainMountain Peak
Dial MountainEssex County · 1,215 m
GothicsMountain Peak
GothicsEssex County · 1,425 m
Hough PeakMountain Peak
Hough PeakEssex County · 1,341 m
Iroquois PeakMountain Peak
Iroquois PeakEssex County · 1,472 m
Hurricane MountainMountain Peak
Hurricane MountainEssex County · 1,121 m
Allen MountainMountain Peak
Allen MountainEssex County · 1,311 m
Armstrong MountainMountain Peak
Armstrong MountainEssex County · 1,320 m
Basin MountainMountain Peak
Basin MountainEssex County · 1,468 m
Porter MountainMountain Peak
Porter MountainEssex County · 847 m

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How to photograph mountain peaks

Summits catch first and last light — alpenglow can turn rock pink or orange minutes before sunrise and after sunset while valleys stay in shadow.

  • Photograph the peak from a lake, meadow or ridge at sunrise when the face that looks east lights up first.
  • Long lenses compress ridgelines; shoot the peak from several miles away to make it look massive.
  • Afternoon thunderstorms are common in summer at high elevations — plan summit hikes for early morning.
  • Snow on the summit holds detail best when you expose for the highlights and lift shadows later.
  • Alpenglow lasts only a few minutes; set up and focus beforehand.

Season: Early summer keeps snow on the peaks with green valleys below; autumn adds aspen or larch color in many ranges.