Mount Skylight
| Mount Skylight | |
|---|---|
Mount Skylight as seen from the summit of Mount Marcy. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,924 ft (1,501 m) NGVD 29 |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks 4th |
| Coordinates | 44°05′58″N 73°55′51″W / 44.09944°N 73.93083°W |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Adirondacks |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Marcy |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Verplanck Colvin, Orson Schofield Phelps and unknown party, 1873 (first recorded) |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Mount Skylight is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. Skylight is the fourth-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of 4,924 feet (1,501 m), and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain was given its name by artist Frederick S. Perkins and guide Orson Schofield Phelps in 1857, due to a rock formation on the peak resembling a window. Phelps would later make the first known ascent of the peak with surveyor Verplanck Colvin and two others on August 28, 1873.