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Biking the Adirondack Rail Trail; hiking Floodwood Mountain ...
Oct 4, 2024 · Many happy people out on the open sections of the newly opened route. By Tim Rowland. Now that the Adirondack Rail Trail is completed to the Floodwood Outpost west of Lake Clear, you might have noticed that little Floodwood Mountain sits at the trail’s current terminus like an exclamation point at the end of a sentence, offering a splendid opportunity to bicycle the trail for as many miles ...
Upgrades proposed at Mount Van Hoevenberg - Adirondack …
Oct 19, 2024 · Adirondack Park Agency seeks public’s input. By Gwendolyn Craig. As the Olympic Regional Development Authority prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mount Van Hoevenberg as a multi-sport recreational hub, it is seeking an amendment to the area’s management plan.. The proposal involves safety upgrades for …
Author Liz Moore taps into Adirondack experiences for latest novel ...
Nov 12, 2024 · Nods to Adirondack history. Readers will notice parallels with another wealthy Adirondack family that suffered a great loss. It occurred in 1971 at the Santanoni Great Camp in the town of Newcomb when 8-year-old Douglas Legg mysteriously disappeared on a hike with his uncle. An extensive, six-week search drew hundreds of volunteers and police but to this day there has been no trace of the boy ...
Never-shown artifacts on display in Revolutionary War exhibit ...
Jul 4, 2024 · In a place rich with Revolutionary War history, never-before-seen artifacts go on display. By Tim Rowland. In 1781 the French Touraine Infantry Regiment was ordered to set sail from what is today Haiti to Virginia, in support of a 23-year-old Marquis de Lafayette, whose American troops had been birddogging British Gen. Charles Cornwallis.
Historic Adirondack Great Camps that you can visit
Aug 16, 2023 · Eagle Island in Saranac Lake, then and now. Courtesy photos Eagle Island, Saranac Lake Built in 1903 by Vice President Levi P. Morton, Eagle Island is literally that — an island that’s only home to the Great Camp’s buildings and Adirondack woods.
About the Adirondacks
A unique place. The Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected lands in the contiguous U.S. At 6 million-acres and with more than 3,000 lakes and 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, the park is roughly the size of Vermont and covers one-fifth of New York state.
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The Jamaicans of Peru (New York, that is) - Adirondack Explorer
Oct 19, 2024 · Seasonal migration. While some, like Holgate, work for nearly nine months to manage day-to-day operations, others come for shorter periods. Mark McLune, 46, said he will spend six weeks working the fall harvest, but that time away from his …
Lake Placid: A picturesque community with a rich Olympic history
With idyllic lakeside scenes and its reputation as a two-time Winter Olympics host – both in 1932 and 1980 – the village of Lake Placid is a center for tourism in the Adirondacks and home to a tight-knit community.