Dix Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in the Adirondacks, New York}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox mountain  | name = Dix Range | native_name = | other_name =  | image = Dix and Hough seen from Nippletop.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Dix Mountain and Hough Peak seen from Nippletop.  | etymology = Named for John Adams Dix  | country = United States | country1 = | state = New York | state1 = | region = Adirondack Park | region1 = | district = High Peaks | district1 =  | range = Adirondack Mountains | borders_on = | border1 = | geology = | geology1 = | age = | period1 = | orogeny =  | area_km2 = 68 | length_mi = 12 | length_orientation = North South | width_mi = 9 | width_orientation = East West | highest = Dix Mountain | elevation_ft = 4855 | coordinates = {{coord|44|4|56|N|73|47|11|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline}} | range_coordinates = {{coord|44|04|N|73|46|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | map = USA New York | map_caption = Location in New York }}

The '''Dix Range''' is a range of mountains in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, southeast of Mount Marcy and the Ausable valley, in northeastern New York State. The Dixes are named for John Adams Dix, then Secretary of State under New York Governor William Marcy, later Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and New York Governor.<ref>Goodwin, Tony, ed., ''Adirondack Trails, High Peaks Region'', Lake George, New York: Adirondack Mountain Club, 2004, p. 217. {{ISBN|1-931951-05-5}}</ref> The only exception to this is the mountain formerly named East Dix, which in 2014 was renamed Grace Peak in honor of Grace Leach Hudowalski (1906–2004), who in 1937 became the ninth person and first woman to climb all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2014/06/adirondack_mountain_renamed_after_first_woman_to_scale_all_46_high_peaks.html|title=Adirondack mountain renamed after first woman to scale all 46 High Peaks|website=syracuse.com|date=June 12, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tribute to Grace Hudowalski 46er #9 |publisher=Adirondack Forum |date=March 14, 2004 |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |url=http://www.adkforum.com/archive/index.php?t-519.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718102040/http://www.adkforum.com/archive/index.php?t-519.html |access-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Peak Update 11-23-08 |date=November 23, 2008 |publisher=Views From The Top |url=http://www.viewsfromthetop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26413 |access-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>

The range includes Hough Peak, and Macomb Mountain, Grace Peak, South Dix, and Dix Mountain, the sixth highest peak in the state. The range is approximately {{convert|12|mi|km|0}} long by {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} wide in a "V" shape, with Macomb at the point of the V.<ref>{{cite peakbagger | rid = 150729 | name = Dix Range | date = November 1, 2004 |access-date=April 23, 2008}}</ref>

== See also == * List of mountains in New York

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==External links== *[https://www.lakeplacid.com/hiking/the-dix-range Dix Range hiking guide] at ''lakeplacid.com''

Category:Adirondack High Peaks Category:Landforms of Essex County, New York Category:Mountain ranges of New York (state)