Hough Peak

Hough Peak
Hough Peak (center) seen from the ridge to Dix Mt.
Highest point
Elevation	4,400 ft (1,300 m) NGVD 29
Listing	Adirondack High Peaks 23rd
Coordinates	44°04′10″N 73°46′39″W
Geography
Hough Peak Location of Hough Peak within New York Hough Peak Hough Peak (the United States)
Location	North Hudson, Essex County, New York
Parent range	Dix Range
Topo map	USGS Mount Marcy
Climbing
First ascent	August 13, 1921, by Bob Marshall, George Marshall, and Herbert Clark
Easiest route	Dix Range Herd Path

Hough Peak (/ˈhʌf/) is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain, part of the Dix Range, is named after Franklin B. Hough (1822–1885), the first chief of the United States Division of Forestry, and sometimes called the "father of American forestry". Hough Peak is flanked to the north by Dix Mountain, and to the south by South Dix.

The east side of Hough Peak drains into the headwaters of the South Fork of the Boquet River, thence into Lake Champlain, which drains into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The west side of Hough Peak drains into Lillian Brook, thence into the East Inlet of Elk Lake, and into The Branch of the Schroon River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay.

Hough Peak is within the Dix Mountain Wilderness Area of Adirondack State Park.

See also

• List of mountains in New York
• Northeast 111 4,000-footers
• Adirondack High Peaks
• Adirondack Forty-Sixers

External links

• "Hough Peak, New York". Peakbagger.com.
• "Hough Peak". SummitPost.org.