Lake Tear Of The Clouds lies in the notch between New York's highest peak, Mount Marcy (5,343 ft) and Mount Skylight in the Adirondack's High Peaks Region. It is New York's highest lake and the highest source of the Hudson River.On September 14th, 1901, then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was at the lake on his way back from his summit of Mount Marcy when he received a message informing him that President McKinley, who had been shot two weeks earlier, had taken a turn for the worse. Shocker.Roosevelt hiked down ten miles on the southwest side of the mountain and took a midnight stagecoach ride to the Adirondack Railway station in North Creek, NY where he learned that McKinley had died and he was now the President Of The United States.The 40 mile route is now designated the Roosevelt - Marcy Trail.