Mount Emmons is a 4,040-foot peak in the Seward Range of New York’s Adirondack High Peaks, where it ranks fortieth in elevation and stands near the backcountry south of Saranac Lake. It was named for geologist Ebenezer Emmons, an important figure in early regional surveys and in popularizing the name Adirondacks. The name’s history is complicated, since Mount Emmons originally referred to the summit now called Blue Mountain before Russell M. L. Carson reassigned it in 1927 to this previously unnamed peak. Its recorded past centers on exploration, including a probable first ascent on October 14, 1870, by Verplanck Colvin and Alvah Dunning.