Mount Marshall

Mount Marshall is the 25th highest mountain in New York State., with an elevation of 4,360 feet.  This hike is about 14 miles and will take 11 hours to hike.

 Verplanck Colvin first named this peak in honor of Governer DeeWitt Clinton, builder of the Erie Canal.  Now, the mountain is named after Robert Marshall.  He was an American Forester, writer, wilderness activist and one of the first Adirondack forty-sixers.  After Robert marshall's death in 1939, the Adirondack forty-sixers petitioned the New York State Board of Geographic Names to offically name this peak Mount Marshall. 

The most poupular route for this hike leaves the Cold Brook Pass Trail at the west end of the flat area at the height of land between Mount Marshall and Iroquois Peak.  The junction is marked with a cairn.  Very rough for its entire length, the path climbs appromixately 0.3 miles over one intermediate peak, drops down across the head of Herbert Brook and then goes on to the summit at 0.7 miles.