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25 Great Adirondack Hikes to See Fall Colors

September 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fall foliage in the Adirondacks courtesy Wikimedia user DigbyDaltonIt’s nearing peak fall colors in the Adirondack Park. There are many places to see the leaves as mountainsides and valleys turn bright orange, yellow, and red.

Protect the Adirondacks has put together hiking guides to 25 hikes that are easy, moderate, and challenging, but lead to terrific locations to see the fall colors in all corners of the Adirondack Park. These guides include maps, information about hiking conditions, and pictures. [Read more…] about 25 Great Adirondack Hikes to See Fall Colors

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Azure Mountain, Bald Mountain, Balm of Gilead, Baxter Mountain, Black Bear Mountain, Bloomingdale Bog, Bolton Landing, Catamount Mountain, Clinton County, Cobble Lookout, Coney Mountain, Cook Mountain, Elizabethtown, Essex County, fall, Five Mile Mountain, foliage, Franklin County, Goodnow Mountain, Hadley Mountain, Hamilton County, Haystack Mountain, Herkimer COunty, hiking, Indian Lake, Inlet, Jay Mountain, Johnsburg, Keene, Lake Luzerne, Lake Placid, Long Lake, Lyon Mountain, Minerva, Moxham Mountain, Newcomb, North Creek, Old Forge, Owl Head Lookout, Owls Head Mountain, Paul Smith’s, Pillsbury Mountain, Plattsburgh, Poke O Moonshine, Silver Lake Mountain, Snowy Mountain, Speculator, St. Regis Mountain, Stillwater Mountain, Ticonderoga, Town of Webb, Tupper Lake, Warren County, Wilmington

Rangers Make Rescues in Indian Lake, Long Lake, Newcomb, Cortland County, Kaaterskill Creek

August 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Rescue at Watch Hill, Indian Lake in August 2023 (photo provided by DEC)New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Rangers Make Rescues in Indian Lake, Long Lake, Newcomb, Cortland County, Kaaterskill Creek

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Cortland County, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Greene County, Hamilton County, High Peaks, hiking, Hunter, Indian Lake, Indian Lake Islands Campground, Kaaterskill Creek, Labrador Hollow Unique Area, Lake Colden, Long Lake, Newcomb, paddling, Raquette Lake, Search and Rescue, Truxton

Child Hit by Boat Propeller on Adirondack Lake

July 16, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

On Thursday, July 6 at about 3 pm, New York State Police and Forest Rangers responded to a report of a child with a significant leg injury after being hit by a boat propeller on Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about Child Hit by Boat Propeller on Adirondack Lake

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Arietta, boating, Forest Ranger Reports, Hamilton County, Long Lake, Raquette Lake, Search and Rescue, State Police

New Partnership Aims to Protect Raquette Headwaters

June 10, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Raquette River in Colton, New York courtesy Wikimedia user Jondude11The Headwaters Campaign is an effort to address the unique challenges faced by lake associations in the headwaters of the St. Lawrence River, which includes the Raquette River watershed, as they strive to stop the spread of invasive species and meet other critical stewardship needs. [Read more…] about New Partnership Aims to Protect Raquette Headwaters

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondacks, Blue Mountain Lake, Blue Mountain Lake Association, Climate Change, Long Lake, Long Lake Association, Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Raquette Lake, Raquette Lake Preservation Foundation, Raquette River, St. Lawrence River, water quality

A Nordic Ski Adventure in Raquette Lake

March 12, 2023 by Tim Helms Leave a Comment

Cascades TrailWith the return of winter and a decent snowpack in the Adirondack backcountry, this is the perfect time to explore a new trail or area that you have never experienced before.

For this outing I chose the Powerhouse and Cascades Trails in the Historic Great Camps Special Management Area, which is part of the Blue Ridge Wilderness located in Raquette Lake, in Hamilton County, NY. [Read more…] about A Nordic Ski Adventure in Raquette Lake

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, backcountry skiing, Great Camp Sagamore, Hamilton County, Historic Great Camps Special Management Area, Long Lake, Raquette Lake, Sagamore Lake, skiing

Bodies Recovered After Fall Into Niagara Falls Gorge, Snowmobile Accident

February 22, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Niagara Falls State Park (State Parks Photo)New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers recovered two bodies in separate incidents in Upstate New York on Monday, February 13th.  In the first, a woman’s body was recovered from Niagara Falls Gorge.

Several hours later Rangers recovered the body of a snowmobilier killed when his sled hit a tree in the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about Bodies Recovered After Fall Into Niagara Falls Gorge, Snowmobile Accident

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, Hamilton County, Long Lake, Niagara County, Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls State Park, Niagara River, Raquette Lake, Search and Rescue, snowmobiling, State Police

Key Adirondack Wilderness Inholding Protected

January 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

map showing Bear Pond ForestNortheast Wilderness Trust announced that it has purchased a key inholding in the Adirondack Park’s Five Ponds Wilderness, establishing the Bear Pond Forest. With this acquisition, the 1,056-acre Bear Pond Forest is now safeguarded from development, and the Forest will gradually be integrated into the surrounding 107,230-acre Five Ponds Wilderness, which is connected to the 23,816-acre Pepperbox Wilderness. [Read more…] about Key Adirondack Wilderness Inholding Protected

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Clifton, Diana, Fine, Five Ponds Wilderness, Hamilton County, Herkimer COunty, Lewis County, Long Lake, nature, Northeast Wilderness Trust, Pepperbox Wilderness Area, St Lawrence County, Town of Webb, Wildlife

Forest Rangers Make Long Lake, Cattaraugus County Rescues

March 10, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

forest ranger logoNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Make Long Lake, Cattaraugus County Rescues

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Cattaraugus County, DEC, Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, Hamilton County, Long Lake, SAR, Search and Rescue, snowmobiling

Long Lake Receives Grant for 5 Historic Markers

December 8, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Buttercup Long Lake Historical SocietyGrants for five historic roadside markers have been awarded to the Town of Long Lake.  Funded by a grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, the signs commemorate the Raquette Lake Rail Bed, Raquette Lake Hotel, Raquette Lake Train Station and the Raquette Lake General Store and Supply.

A sign in Long Lake will commemorate W.W. Durant’s Buttercup Steamboat which was deliberately sunk in 1885 and recovered in 1959. [Read more…] about Long Lake Receives Grant for 5 Historic Markers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Historic Preservation, Long Lake, Raquette Lake, William Pomeroy Foundation

An Abandoned Canal Hides Deep In The Adirondack Woods

October 22, 2020 by Mike Prescott 2 Comments

Contemporary-Arial-Photograph-of-the-Canal-photo-Rick-Rosen-2008-540x405 Farrand Benedict, surveyor and professor of mathematics and engineering at the University of Vermont in Burlington, wrote a proposal for a canal across the Adirondacks in 1846.

His plan was to use the Black River Canal with its connection to the Erie Canal at Rome and build a railroad from Boonville, on the Black River Canal, to Old Forge. He was then going to utilize the Fulton Chain of Lakes, Raquette Lake, Long Lake, the Raquette River and the Saranac Lakes with various lock systems, dams, and inclines to the Saranac River for canal boat traffic. [Read more…] about An Abandoned Canal Hides Deep In The Adirondack Woods

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Biography, Farrand Benedict, Fulton Chain, Lake Champlain, Long Lake, Newcomb, Transportation History, University of Vermont

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