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The Adirondacks offer the highest peaks in New York State, thousands of miles of hiking trails and canoe routes, and numerous scenic highways and byways that draw visitors each year to the many towns, villages and hamlets that are scattered throughout the Adirondack Park. First-time visitors can choose from luxurious 5-star resorts, a week of solitude backpacking along a remote mountain trail or enjoying the many activities and amenities of a local campground. You might even find a piece of Adirondack real estate that's just right for you.

Many first time visitors to the Adirondacks are surprised to learn that "the Park" isn't a traditional park at all! You won't find an entrance gate guarded by conservation officers – but you will find a vibrant blend of public and private lands where thousands of people live, work and play amid the breathtaking Adirondack mountains, forests and streams.

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Stand Up Paddle Festival

Come to learn all about the new water sport while enjoying a day in the Adirondacks at the 2nd Annual Stand Up Paddle Festival!

Fishing Guide

Thousands of miles of lakes and streams, filled with fish! Check out the Adirondack Fishing Guide for information, species and more!

46ers Tell All

If it's your goal to hike all 46 Adirondack High Peaks, get pointers and insight from those who have completed the 46er challenge!
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Whiteface Mountain: The Exhibit

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What's New In The Adirondacks

Inaugural ADK 80K Comes To Lake Placid
This Labor Day, instead of kicking back by the pool, kick butt on the course! We're talking 80 kilometers in a figure-8 design featuring $8,000 in prizes in 8 categories. Intrigued? We thought so!Lake Placid will hold the first-ever ADK 80K endurance race on the Continue Reading »

Inaugural ADK 80K Comes To Lake Placid
This Labor Day, instead of kicking back by the pool, kick butt on the course! We're talking 80 kilometers in a figure-8 design featuring $8,000 in prizes in 8 categories. Intrigued? We thought so!Lake Placid will hold the first-ever ADK 80K endurance race on the Continue Reading »

Whiteface's Multi-Media Environmental Exhibit Opens June 20
4,867 feet in the air, the new multi-media exhibit at Whiteface Mountain opens June 20th, making this the highest museum exhibit in New York State! Continue Reading »

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History of the Adirondacks

The 6-million-acre park, that comprises the Adirondack Mountains, was established by the New York State Legislature in 1892. It has evolved into a patchwork of public and private lands, where thousands of people live, work and play in a protected environment of mountains, forests and streams.

The private lands are primarily part of the the Adirondack Forest Preserve, a diverse system of State Lands created in 1885 by an act of the New York State Legislature as a conservation effort to stem widespread tree cutting that supported the many lumber, paper, leather tanning, and iron mining industries that predominated the 19th century landscape, as well as ensure the major transportation corridors of the day - the Hudson River and Erie Canal - would not suffer reduced flows from continued logging. This was one of the earliest acts of public land preservation in the nation.

In 1894, the Adirondack Forest Preserve was further strengthened by when these now often quoted words were added to the New York State Constitution:

"The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed."

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