Lake Tear of the Clouds, the source of the Hudson River, lies at about 4,300 feet (1,311 m) elevation on a flank of Mount Marcy.

It is then fresh water from Poughkeepsie north until Lake Tear of the Clouds.

From Lake Tear of the Clouds to New York Harbor, the entries are part poetry, part science.

Turns out, the Hudson begins at Lake Tear of the Clouds, in the high-peak wilderness of the Adirondacks.

One of these is the source of the Hudson, Lake Tear of the Clouds, not identified as such until 1872.

And the true source of the Hudson, the melodically named Lake Tear of the Clouds, sits high on Mount Marcy's flank.

In the first 165 miles from Lake Tear to Albany, the Hudson drops nearly 4,300 feet.

Lake Tear of the Clouds, at the col between Mount Marcy and Skylight, is the highest source of the Hudson River.

The river has its source way upstate, in Lake Tear of the Clouds.

Gray Peak is most frequently climbed from Lake Tear of the Clouds, with approaches via Elk Lake or Upper Works.