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The Adirondack Park, is a large state park in northeast New York. It is the largest state park in the United States, at 6.1 million acres (24,000 km²). It covers a land area about the size of Vermont and it is the largest American park of any kind east of the Mississippi River, covering an area the size of Yellowstone National Park, Everglades National Park, Glacier National Park and Grand Canyon National Park combined. However, more than half the land within is privately owned, including several villages and hamlets. The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
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Nickname: Location of Plattsburgh within the state of New York Coordinates: , County Clinton County, New York Government - Mayor Donald Kasprzak Area - City 17 km² (6. ...
The Adirondack State Park, also known as the Adirondack Park is a large state park in northeast New York. ...
State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ...
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Official language(s) None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area Ranked 45th - Total 9,620 sq mi (24,923 km²) - Width 80 miles (130 km) - Length 160 miles (260 km) - % water 3. ...
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Yellowstone National Park is the centerpiece of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest intact ecosystem in the Earths northern temperate zone. ...
Everglades National Park preserves the southern portion of the Everglades (all south of Tamiami Trail), but represents only 20 % of the original wetland area. ...
There are two places in the Rocky Mountains of North America named Glacier National Park: Glacier National Park (U.S.) in Montana Glacier National Park (Canada) in British Columbia. ...
Grand Canyon National Park is one of the United States oldest national parks and is located in Arizona. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 479 KB) Summary Long Pond, in the Saint Regis Canoe Area. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 479 KB) Summary Long Pond, in the Saint Regis Canoe Area. ...
The Saint Regis Canoe Area is a 19,000 acre area of the Adirondack State Park in in southern Franklin County, New York about 18 miles northeast of Tupper Lake and southwest of Paul Smiths. ...
Park boundaries
The Adirondack Park boundary, commonly referred to as the "Blue Line," contains the entire Adirondack Mountain range as well as some surrounding areas. The park includes all of Hamilton and Essex counties, as well as considerable portions of Clinton, Franklin, Herkimer, St. Lawrence and Warren counties and small sections of Fulton, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga and Washington counties as well. (The Clinton County towns of Altona and Dannemora, despite being entirely within the park boundary, are specifically excluded from the park by statute, however, due to the large prison facilities in both towns). The Blue Line is the term used in New York state for the boundaries of the Adirondack and Catskill parks, within which can be found the states Forest Preserve. ...
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Hamilton County is a county located in the state of New York. ...
Essex County is a county located in the state of New York. ...
Clinton County is a county located in the state of New York. ...
Franklin County is a county located in the state of New York. ...
Herkimer County is a county located in the state of New York. ...
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Warren County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. ...
Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ...
Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ...
Oneida County is a county located in the state of New York. ...
Saratoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ...
Washington County is a county located in the state of New York. ...
Altona is a town located in Clinton County, New York. ...
Dannemora is a town located in Clinton County, New York. ...
Not all of the land within the park is owned by the state, but new sections are purchased or donated frequently. The park contains the highest peaks (High Peaks) in New York State, including Mount Marcy, the highest elevation in the state. State land comprises 2.6 million acres (11,000 km²) or about 42% of the park's area, while about one million acres (4,000 km²) are classified as "wilderness" despite being neither state-purchased nor currently private-owned land. The remaining area of more than 3 million acres (12,000 km²) is privately held, but is often sparsely developed when distant from towns and hamlets and there is nearly nothing that demarks the difference between state, private and "wilderness" lands in the park. There's no marked boundary to the park, no entrance gates and no admission fee. The High Peaks is a name for 46 high mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, USA. This group of mountains was originally believed to comprise of the Adirondack peaks higher than 4,000 feet (1219 m). ...
Mount Marcy is at 5,344 ft the highest mountain in the Adirondack Mountain Range and the highest point in New York State. ...
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History
Adirondack guides (standing) and their Sports The thinking that was to lead to the creation of the Park first appeared in George Perkins Marsh's Man and Nature, published in 1864. Marsh argued that deforestation could lead to desertification: referring to the clearing of once-lush lands surrounding the Mediterranean, he asserted "the operation of causes set in action by man has brought the face of the earth to a desolation almost as complete as that of the moon." Image File history File links Adirondack Guides (standing) and their Sports. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Adirondack Guides (standing) and their Sports. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
George Perkins Marsh (March 15, 1801 – July 23, 1882), an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be Americas first environmentalist. ...
Man and Nature is a book written by George Perkins Marsh in 1864. ...
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The idea for the Park itself first occurred to surveyor Verplanck Colvin in 1870 while taking in the view from atop Seward Mountain. He wrote to the state government that action was necessary to protect the forests or it would be wasted, which would lead to the drying up of the water needed to keep the Erie Canal in operation. Three years later he was appointed to a committee formed to consider how to do this. Verplanck Colvin Verplanck Colvin (1847–1920) was a lawyer and topographical engineer whose understanding and appreciation for the environment of the Adirondack Mountains lead to the creation of the Adirondack Forest Preserve and the Adirondack State Park. ...
The Erie Canal (currently part of the New York State Canal System) is a canal in New York State, United States, that runs from the Hudson River to Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ...
When his term "Adirondack Park" led to some derision and fears from longtime residents of the area that they might be bought out and evicted, proponents of the idea began to use "Adirondack Forest Preserve" instead. Both terms continue in use to this day, with the former referring to the land inside the Blue Line and the latter to that portion owned by the state.
In 1878, Seneca Ray Stoddard produced a topographical survey of the Adirondacks that was influential in the creation of the Park. Seneca Ray Stoddard, self-portrait Seneca Ray Stoddard (1843–1917) was an American landscape photographer known for his photographs of New Yorks Adirondack Mountains. ...
Serious efforts to protect this land began in 1882, when businessmen in New York began to be concerned about the effects of widespread logging. Without trees, the many steep slopes on the mountains in the region were likely to erode, and the silt from the slopes could conceivably have silted up the Erie Canal and the Hudson itself, choking off New York State’s economic backbone. The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, is a river that runs through the eastern portion of New York State and, along its southern terminus, demarcates the border between the states of New York and...
In 1885, legislation declared that the land in the Adirondack State Park and the Catskill State Park was to be conserved and never put up for sale or lease. The park was established in 1892, due to the activities of Colvin and other conservationists. The park was given state constitutional protection in 1894, so that the state-owned lands within its bounds would be protected forever ("forever wild"). The part of the Adirondack State Park under government control is referred to as the Adirondack Preserve. The Catskill State Park, also called Catskill Park, is in the Catskill Mountains in New York in the United States. ...
Adirondack Park today On-going efforts have been made to re-introduce native fauna that had been lost in the park during earlier exploitation. Animals in various stages of re-introduction include: the American Beaver, the Fisher, the American Marten, the Moose, the Canadian Lynx, and the Osprey. Not all of these restoration efforts have been successful yet. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1592x1056, 468 KB) Summary Harris Lake, near Newcomb, New York. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1592x1056, 468 KB) Summary Harris Lake, near Newcomb, New York. ...
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Binomial name Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820 A taxidermied American Beaver The American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada, most of the United States and parts of northern Mexico. ...
Binomial name (Erxleben, 1777) The fisher is a North American marten, a medium sized mustelid. ...
Binomial name Martes americana (Turton, 1806) The American Marten (Martes americana) is a North American marten sometimes also called the Pine Marten, even though it is a separate species from the European Pine Marten. ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map The moose (so named in North America, derived from Eastern Abenaki moz)[1] or elk (in Anglophone Europe), Alces alces, is the largest extant member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from the others by the palmate antlers of its males. ...
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Binomial name Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Osprey, Pandion haliaetus is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution. ...
The park has a year-round population of about 130,000 people in dozens of villages and hamlets. Seasonal residents number about 200,000, while an estimated 7-10 million tourists visit the park annually. It is the largest area without a city in New York state. There are more than 3,000 lakes and 30,000 miles (48,000 km) of streams and rivers. Many areas within the park are devoid of settlements and distant from usable roads. The park includes over 2,000 miles of hiking trails; these trails comprise the largest trail system in the nation. With its combination of private and public lands, its large scale and its long history as a place people have tried to coexist with nature, many see the Adirondacks as a model for the ways natural areas with human populations can be protected into the future. There are parks in India and other nations that use the Adirondacks concept. A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ...
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The Adirondack Park Agency (created 1971) is a governmental agency that performs long-range planning for the future of the Adirondack State Park. It oversees development plans of private land-owners as well as activities within the Adirondack Preserve. Development by private owners must be reviewed to determine if their plan is compatible with the park.
Accessibility The southern side of the park is closer to major population centers, and lies just north of the New York State Thruway(Interstate 90). Interstate 87 (the Adirondack Northway) traverses the eastern side of the park between the Capital District of New York and Montreal, Canada. The northern and western portions of the park are somewhat more remote but can be reached from Interstate 81 or State routes 3, 28 and 11. The park is also served by the Adirondack Regional Airport and Amtrak's Adirondack Route along the shores of Lake Champlain. The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway) is a limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of New York. ...
Interstate 87 (abbreviated I-87) is a 346 mile (558 km) intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of New York. ...
The Capital District is an imprecise regional definition (much like Upstate New York) that generally refers to the four counties surrounding Albany, the capital of New York: Schenectady County, Albany County, Saratoga County and Rensselaer County. ...
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Adirondack Regional Airport (IATA: SLK, ICAO: KSLK) is the only commercial airport in New Yorks Adirondack Park, the largest state park in the country. ...
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The Adirondack is a 381-mile (613 km) passenger train operated daily by Amtrak between New York City and Montreal, Quebec via Albany, New York. ...
Landsat photo Lake Champlain (French: lac Champlain) is a large lake in North America, mostly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the US-Canada border in the province of Quebec. ...
See also The Adirondack mountain range is located in the northeastern part of New York that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, St. ...
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