Marcy Dam 54 Years Apart
Grandpa hiked Mount Marcy in 1955
Grandpa hiked Mount Marcy in 1955.
![](https://dbnet.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ame/images/Marcy_55_4@1203.jpg)
This is definitly the view across Marcy Dam Pond looking up at the highest point in NY state, Mount Marcy.
Google Earth confirms:
![](https://dbnet.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ame/images/Marcy_55_4@1203.jpg)
![](https://dbnet.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ame/images/google_earth@1142.jpg)
I did not align the yellow lines very carefully, they're not literally the edge of the photo's view
![](https://dbnet.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ame/images/map@1311.jpg)
I've hiked Mount Marcy twice and camped at Marcy Dam several times. Here's a photo I took in August 2019 (before having seen Grandpa's photo!). Marcy Dam was damaged in Hurricane Irene in 2011 and will not be rebuilt.
![](https://dbnet.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ame/images/IMG_2746@1955.jpg)
![](https://dbnet.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ame/images/Marcy_55_4@1203.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcy_Dam