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Mount Marcy
- Easiest route
- 7.7 km+920 m · about 3.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 1,498 m4,914 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 24°FCloudy · Wind 5–14 mph N
Mount Marcy is a 1,629 m (5,344 ft) mountain in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,629 m · 5,344 ft
- Range
- Adirondack Mountains
- Region
- New York, United States
- Protected area
- High Peaks Wilderness
- Spanish name
- Monte Marcy
- Coordinates
- 44.1128° N, 73.9238° W
How to get to the top of Mount Marcy
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 5.6 km NNW of Mount Marcy
- Distance
- 7.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +920 m−12 m (3,018 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Marcy 3D map
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Mount Marcy terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Marcy weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 24°F (-4°C) · Wind 5–14 mph N
Mount Marcy forecast for the summit, about 1,453 m.
- Tonight24°–5–14 mph N
- Sat29°43°–3–12 mph NW
- Sun36°50°–3–9 mph SW
- Mon27°46°4%10–20 mph W
- Tue23°33°4%5–10 mph N
- Wed32°38°7%5 mph SW
- Thu38°45°27%10 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:36 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Marcy
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Marcy, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
1.6 km SSE
Nearest hut
Johns Brook Lodge
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 1.6 km SSE |
| Sno-birdCampsite | 2.2 km E |
| Campsite | 2.4 km NE |
| Johns Brook LodgeHut | 7.1 km NE |
How steep is the route to Mount Marcy?
The easiest mapped route, 7.7 km from 718 m to 1,629 m. Steepest stretch: 24°.
- 0–15°7.1 km
- 15–30°0.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Mount Marcy summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Gray Peak1,463 m 1.0 km W
- 2Little Marcy1,438 m 1.3 km NE
- 3Mount Skylight1,495 m 1.6 km SSW
- 4Little Haystack1,421 m 1.9 km E
- 5Mount Haystack1,498 m 2.0 km ESE
- 6Basin Mountain - Northwest Peak1,430 m 3.0 km ENE
- 7Basin Mountain1,468 m 3.1 km ENE
- 8Mount Colden1,436 m 3.3 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 325 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Canadian bunchberry107
- Narrowleaf Gentian72
- Bog bilberry60
- Bog Labrador Tea59
- Eastern Newt47
- Balsam fir43
Where Mount Marcy sits
- Range
- Adirondack Mountains6
- Region
- New York58United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Lake Tear of the Clouds↑1.2 km SW
Avalanche Lake↑4.2 km WNW
Henderson Lake↑12 km WSW
Mirror Lake↑20 km NNW
Lake Placid566 m↑23 km NNW
More 1
More in the Adirondack Mountains 3
Mount Marcy downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,627 m at the summit; the official height is 1,629 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,629 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 1,629 m | 0 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 1,627 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 1,625 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,612 m | -17 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-11)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia