Lake Tear of the Clouds

Coordinates: 44°06′24″N 73°56′09″W / 44.10667°N 73.93583°W / 44.10667; -73.93583
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Lake Tear of the Clouds
Primary inflows
unnamed streams
Primary outflowsFeldspar Brook
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface elevation4,293 ft (1,309 m)
Lake Tear of the Clouds (late 19th century)
Lake Tear of the Clouds with Mt. Marcy in the background

Lake Tear of the Clouds is a small

highest point, in the Adirondack Mountains. It is the highest pond in the state at 4,293 feet (1,309 m). It is often cited as the highest source of the Hudson River,[2][3]
via Feldspar Brook, the Opalescent River and Calamity Brook.

The Hudson River as named actually begins several miles southwest at the outlet of Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York.[4][5][6]

In 1872 Verplanck Colvin described the lake as part of a survey of the Adirondack Mountains. He wrote:

Far above the chilly waters of Lake Avalanche at an elevation of 4,293 feet lies summit water, a minute, unpretending, tear of the clouds — as it were — a lovely pool shivering in the breezes of the mountains and sending its limpid surplus through Feldspar Brook to the Opalescent River, the well-spring of the Hudson.

On September 14, 1901, then-US

Roosevelt-Marcy Trail.[8]

In August 2016, scientists from Riverkeeper, CUNY Queens College, and Columbia University's Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory gathered water samples at the lake to complete a first-of-its kind water quality test along the entire span of the 315-mile-long (507 km) Hudson River.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Lake Tear of the Clouds". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved Jan 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Natural History of the Hudson River". Hhr.highlands.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
  3. ISBN 1930098227
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  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hudson River
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian Pass Brook
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calamity Brook
  7. ^ "Adirondack Journal — An Adirondack Presidential History". theadkx.org/. Adirondack Experience. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  8. ^ "Roosevelt-Marcy Byway". NewState Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  9. ^ "Riverkeeper completes first-of-its-kind survey of Hudson River water quality – starting at the source". riverkeeper.org. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  10. ^ "How Safe is the Hudson?". Retrieved 2016-09-10.

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