East Dix

Infobox Mountain
Name = East Dix
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Elevation = convert|1221|m|ft|0|lk=on [Summit elevation given as 1,221 m on topo map; as 1,223 m on USGS webpage and on summitpost webpage, and as 1,227 m on peakbagger webpage. ]
Prominence = convert|95|m|ft|-1|abbr=on [Key col elevation between 1,120 and 1,130 m.]
Location = Essex County, New York
Range = Dix Range
Coordinates = coord|44|3.92|N|73|45.44|W |type:mountain_region:US |display=inline,title
Topographic
USGS "Mount Marcy"
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Listing = Adirondack High Peaks

East Dix is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Dix Range, named after John A. Dix (1798–1879), New York Secretary of State in 1837, and later Governor.The name is being changed to Grace Peak, after Grace Hudowalski (1906–2004), [cite web
url= http://www.summitpost.org/list/176935/northeast-115.html
title= Northeast 115
date= 2007-10-10 | publisher= Summitpost.org
accessdate= 2007-11-01 ] the ninth person and first woman to climb all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks. [cite web
url= http://www.adkforum.com/archive/index.php?t-519.html
title= Tribute to Grace Hudowalski 46er #9
date= 2004-03-14 | publisher= Adirondack Forum
accessdate= 2007-11-01 ] East Dix is flanked to the northeast by Spotted Mountain, and to the southwest by South Dix.

The northwest side of East Dix drains into the headwaters of the South Fork of the Boquet River, thence into Lake Champlain, which drains into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.The east side of East Dix drains into Lindsay Brook, thence into the Schroon River, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay.The south side of East Dix drains into West Mill Brook, thence into the Schroon River.

East Dix is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of Adirondack State Park.

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See also

* List of mountains in New York
* Northeast 111 4,000-footers
* Adirondack High Peaks
* Adirondack Forty-Sixers

External links

* [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6090 Peakbagger.com: East Dix]
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150681/east-dix.html Summitpost.org: East Dix]
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