Day: March 4, 2026

As it has been noted in various publications over the years that the late Bill Frenette made it his mission to have Litchfield Mountain renamed Goodman Mountain. According to Bill’s brother Jim, “Billy was the kind of guy that wanted something called what it should have been called. He felt that people who had done something for the community should be recognized.”

Mr. Frenette felt so passionately about the renaming that he petitioned the United States Board on Geographic Names and in 2002 his application was approved, which meant with any updated map produced by the United States Geological Survey, Goodman Mountain would appear. The mountain remained a trail-less peak until 2014, when a group, including local outdoorsmen such as Jim Frenette and Mr. John Quinn, along with staff members of the Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency, finished Bill’s work and made the trail to the summit of Goodman Mountain an official, state-recognized and maintained trail of the Adirondack Forest Preserve.