MacIntyre Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain in the United States}}

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| name = MacIntyre Mountains

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| photo = MacIntyre Range, Adirondack Mountains.jpg

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| photo_caption = The MacIntyre Range from St. Regis Mountain. At left is Mount Marcy, with Wright Peak just below it. In the center is Algonquin Peak; Iroquois Peak is at far right.

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| country = United States

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| state = New York

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| region = Adirondack Park

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| range = Adirondack Mountains

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| length_mi = 8

| length_orientation = NE–SW

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| highest = Algonquin Peak

| elevation_ft = 5115

| coordinates = {{coord|44|8|37|N|073|59|12|W|type:mountain_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}

| range_coordinates = {{coord|44|8|N|74|0|W|type:mountain_region:US|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| map = USA New York

| map_caption = Location in New York

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The MacIntyre Mountains or MacIntyre Range is a range of mountains in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, due west of Mount Marcy, in northeastern New York State. The range runs {{convert|8|mi|km}} from southwest to northeast. Its sheer southwest slope makes up one side of Indian Pass, and a northeastern spur forms the cliffs of Avalanche Pass. From southwest to northeast, the range includes Mount Marshall, Iroquois Peak, Boundary Peak, Algonquin Peak, and Wright Peak. Algonquin is the second-highest peak in the Adirondacks.

Despite being spelled differently, the range is named for Archibald McIntyre, the founder of the McIntyre Iron Works at Tahawus, New York.{{cite book |editor1-last=Goodwin |editor1-first=Tony |title=Adirondack trails. High peaks region |date=2021 |publisher=Adirondack Mountain Club |isbn=978-1931951050 |edition=15th |pages=118–120}} The name McIntyre originally referred only to Algonquin Peak, and was given to the mountain in 1837 by a party led by New York state geologist Ebenezer Emmons. Mountaineer Russell Carson applied the name to the entire range in his accounts.{{cite book |last1=Weber |first1=Sandra |title=Mount Marcy : the high peak of New York |date=2001 |publisher=Purple Mountain Press |location=Fleischmanns, N.Y. |page=34 |isbn=1930098227 |url=https://archive.org/details/mountmarcyhighpe0000webe/mode/2up}} The earliest recorded ascent on the range was made in 1797, when surveyor Charles Brodhead crossed Boundary Peak to mark the boundary of the Old Military Tract.{{cite book |last1=Waterman |first1=Laura |title=Forest and crag : a history of hiking, trail blazing, and adventure in the Northeast mountains |date=2003 |publisher=Appalachian Mountain Club Books |location=Boston |isbn=0910146756 |edition=First |pages=65–67 |url=https://archive.org/details/forestcraghistor0000wate/mode/2up}}

File:Iroquois Peak from Algonquin Peak.jpg seen from Algonquin Peak]]