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Mount Haystack

Third Highest Mountain in New York

Mountain on Haystack Trail Via Slant Rock, Haystack Trail Via Barklet Ridge in High Peaks Wilderness, Adirondack Park, Adirondack Mountains near Tahawus Club, NY

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Mount Haystack is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondack High Peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is the third highest peak in the state, after Algonquin Peak and Mount Marcy. It gets its name from the resemblance of its rounded, conical peak to a haystack. Despite this and the views offered from its bare, alpine summit, it is not visited by as many hikers outside of aspiring members of the Adirondack Forty-Sixers; it is rather remote from the nearest trailhead and the approach from either direction is steep and challenging. The most frequent approach of Haystack as the main goal is to follow the Johns Brook Trail from the popular Garden parking area in Keene Valley to the Phelps Trail and then use Shorey's Short Cut to get over to the Range Trail. It is possible to…

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Metanorthosite and anorthositic gneiss (NYYa;1)

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