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1902 Map of Mt. Marcy

Name: 1902 Topographic Map of Mt. Marcy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1905
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1905

About this map

The Adirondack Mountain Reserve dominates this high-peaks landscape, surveyed in the early 1890s when wilderness tourism began to take hold in Essex County. The map details a network of high-elevation water bodies, including the remote Lake Tear and the narrow Cascade Lakes, which sit between prominent summits like Gothic Mt. and Big Slide Mt.. This era shows the region before modern infrastructure, where travel was anchored by local outposts like Adirondack Lodge and the burgeoning settlement at Keene Valley.

Drainage patterns are meticulously traced from the Opalescent River to the headwaters of the West Br. Ausable River. Notable landmarks such as the Indian Face and Rooster Comb illustrate the topographical precision of the era. The presence of Beede and various remote Camp locations suggests the early establishment of mountain retreats and climbing basepoints within the massive wilderness of North Hudson and North Elba.