Adirondack Mountains - Adirondack Mountains

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The Adirondack Mountains (mostly short: "Adirondacks") are a low mountain range in the northeast of the USFederal state new York. The highest peak in the Adirondack Mountains - and at the same time the highest point in New York - is Mount Marcy (1,629 m). The entire area with its around 24,000 km² is under protection.

places

The nature protection of the region, which has existed for over 130 years, has severely limited the growth of localities. Most places only have a few hundred or thousand residents. The largest places are:

Eastern lakes

This region lies in the east of the Adirondacks, south of Plattsburgh south of Lake Champlain, along I-87 or US-9.

• 43.677-73.8471 Chester - Chestertown and surrounding settlements.
• 43.95-73.4372 Crown Point - Ruins of a former English fortress near a bridge to Vermont.
• 44.192-73.5943 Elizabethtown - The Adirondack History Center Museum is a former school building that now houses a regional history museum.
• 44.31-73.3524 Essex - Formerly a federal town in Essex County, formerly a shipyard in the War of 1812; now a small agricultural town with well-preserved buildings from the early 19th century, galleries, marinas and access to the Champlain Area Trails -Network.
• 43.426-73.7125 Lake George - Holiday resort located on a lake.
• 43.858-73.4546 Ticonderoga - Fort Ticonderoga, was a site of the War of Independence.
• 44.184-73.4357 Westport - In this place with numerous weekend houses the well-known wooden one was built Adirondack chair.

High peaks

• 44.26-73.798 Keene and Keene Valley - climbing, outdoor and hiking paradise.
• Tahawus (aka Adirondac or McIntyre) - ghost town of a former iron and titanium mine north of Newcomb; there aren't ten houses left

Old Forge and Western wilderness

• 43.855-74.4389 Blue Mountain Lake - hamlet in the region Indian Lake. Located halfway up the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, the location of the Adirondack Museum.
• 43.71-74.9710 Old Forge - Western point of access to the region through the Mohawk Valley. Starting point of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.

Tri-Lakes and Northwest

• 44.375-73.72811 Jay - with covered wooden bridge
• 44.285-73.98512 Lake Placid - Venue of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, now a charming and classy winter sports resort.
• 44.326-74.13113 Saranac Lake - Distinguished as a typical place for the "All American City", this place houses the North Country Community College and in the neighboring hamlet Paul Smith's College.
• 44.233-74.46614 Tupper Lake - Here is the "Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks".
• 44.388-73.81515 Wilmington - Near Lake Placid, here is Whiteface Mountain and the North Pole (New York) Santa theme park.

Great Sacandaga and Southern Woods

• 43.47-74.41316 Lake Pleasant
• 43.225-74.17517 Northville

background

The Adirondacks are one of the largest and oldest parks in the United States. Its protection has been constitutional in New York State since the end of the 19th century, and while an enlargement of the park only requires a simple majority, the constitution must be amended for every reduction, for whatever reason (e.g. to build a road) . As a result, the Adirondacks have "grown" almost twice as much since they were declared a park. Tourism in this region goes back even further than the proclamation of the national park and started with the railroad. In the second half of the 19th century, this region was a popular area for the summer retreats of wealthy New Yorkers and Albany residents. The region was also used as a sanatorium for people infected with tuberculosis, and some of the former sanatoriums still exist, albeit with a different purpose today. As a European one must not forget that the Adirondacks are gigantic and one can very well get lost in the forest miles from any civilization. In addition, bears live in this area, so an excursion requires a little knowledge and planning. If you make this effort, however, you will be rewarded with breathtaking scenery and one of the last untouched natural landscapes in the eastern United States.

getting there

By train

Amtrak serves the region once a day with the train, which is reasonably known as the "Adirondack". The train travels from New York Penn Station to Montreal and takes ten hours for the entire route, although delays (especially at the border) are quite common.

By plane

There is only one airport in the region that is regularly served by scheduled flights:

• 44.385277777778-74.206111111111Adirondack Regional Airport(IATA: SLK) in Saranac Lake.

East of the Adirondacks is Burlington, Vermont Airport, from which you can get to the Adirondacks by boat.

The closest airports to those from Europe directly can be flown to are the 40.639722-73.778889John F. Kennedy International Airport(IATA: JFK) in New York City and the 40.6925-74.1686Newark Liberty International Airport(IATA: EEA) in Newark (New Jersey). From the north (Canada) you can also travel via Montreal.

mobility

If you are not on one of the long-distance hiking trails, the best way to get around the region is by car due to the lack of public transport.

Of Utica drives the Adirondack Scenic Railroad by Old Forge to Serenac Lake and Lake Placid and can also provide local transportation in this area.

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