ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NEW
YORK STATE PARK
The Adirondack Mountains of New York are within the 6.1 million acres
(25,000 km²) of Adirondack Park, which includess a
constitutionally-protected Forest Preserve of apsproximately
2.3 million acres (9,300 km²). About 40% of the land
is owned by the state, with 60% private inholdings, heavily
regulated by the Adirondack Park Agency. The Adirondack
Park contains thousands of streams, brooks and lakes,
most famously Lake Placid, adjacent to the village of
Lake Placid, two-time site of the Olympic Winter Games.
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Algonquian and Mohawk Indians used the Adirondacks for hunting and travel, but they had no settlements in the area. Jesuit missionaries and French trappers were among the first Europeans to visit the region, as early as 1642. |
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS OF NEW YORK
The Adirondack Mountain range is located in the northeastern
part of New York that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin,
Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Saratoga,
Warren, and Washington counties. The Adirondack Mountains
are often included by geographers in the Appalachian Mountains,
but they are geologically more similar to the Laurentian
Mountains of Canada. The Adirondack Mountains are bordered
on the east by Lake Champlain and Lake George, which separate
them from the Green Mountains in Vermont. The Adirondack
Mountains are bordered to the south by the Mohawk Valley
and to the west by the Tug Hill Plateau, separated by
the Black River. This region is south of the St. Lawrence
River.
OVER 100 ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN SUMMITS
The Adirondack Mountains do not form a connected range,
but are an eroded dome consisting of many summits, isolated
or in groups, often with little apparent order. There
are over one hundred Adirondack summits, ranging from
under 1200 to over 5000 feet (370 m to 1500 m) in altitude;
the highest peak, Mount Marcy (sometimes also called Tahawus,
although that was never its true name), at 5344 ft (1629
m), is near the eastern part of the group. Other noted
Adirondack High Peaks include Algonquin Peak (formerly
Mt. McIntyre), 5114 ft (1559 m), Haystack 4960 ft (1512
m), Skylight 4926 ft (1501 m), Whiteface 4871 ft (1485
m), Dix 4857 ft (1480 m), and Giant 4627 ft (1410 m).
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