The shortest and most frequently used route up the mountain is from the northwest the Van Hoevenberg Trail which starts at the Adirondak Loj near Heart Lake. From there it is 7.4 miles (11.2 km) to the summit a lengthy roundtrip which can nevertheless be done in a day. A large section of the trail is suitable for alpine skiing and snowboard on the way down although there are a few locations where snowboarders will have to take off their snowboard and walk up a little.

Hikers starting up the Johns Brook Trail from the Garden parking north of the mountain in Keene Valley have a 9-mile (14.4 km) journey to the summit and sometimes spend a night at Johns Brook Lodge in the process.

A lengthier southern approach can be made from either of the two major trailheads for the southern High Peaks Upper Works or Elk Lake.

Mount Marcy is in the Town of Keene in Essex County. Mount Marcy Summit Panorama Lake Tear of the Clouds

Lake Tear of the Clouds at the col between Mount Marcy and Skylight is the source of the Hudson River. Theodore Roosevelt was camped there on September 14 1901 after summiting Marcy when he was informed that President William McKinley who had been shot a week earlier had taken a serious turn for the worse.

Roosevelt and his party hiked ten miles (16 km) down the southwest face of the mountain to Long Lake New York where he hired a stage coach to take him to the closest train station at North Creek New York. The route from Long Lake to North Creek has been designated as the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail. Gallery Summit of Mount Marcy seen from near Little Marcy Mount Marcy summit See also Adirondack Park High Peaks Wilderness Area Mountain peaks of North America Mountain peaks of the United States References a b c "Marcy". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/dsmark.prlPidBoxPG2096. Retrieved 2009-01-08.  "Mount Marcy". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspxpid6048. Retrieved 2009-01-08.  "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. April 29 2005. http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html. Retrieved 2009-03-28.  http://www.highpeaksclimbing.com/ADKS/Marcy/Marcy.htm External links Mount Marcy hike and trip report. June 2010. v d eThe High Peaks of New York's Adirondack Mountains Northern Adirondacks Esther  Whiteface Eastern Adirondacks Giant  Rocky Peak Colvin Range Blake  Colvin  Dial  Nippletop Dix Range Dix  East Dix  South Dix  Hough  Macomb Northern High Peaks Big Slide  Cascade  Phelps  Porter  Table Top Marcy Group Allen  Cliff  Colden  Gray  Haystack  Marcy  Redfield  Skylight Other Great Range Armstrong  Basin  Gothics  Saddleback  Sawteeth  Lower Wolfjaw  Upper Wolfjaw MacIntyre Mountains Algonquin  Iroquois  Marshall  Wright Santanoni Mountains Couchsachraga  Panther  Santanoni Seward Mountains Donaldson  Emmons  Seward  Seymour Street Range (MacNaughton)  Nye  Street v d eU.S. State Highest Natural Points Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming