Adirondack SP - New York

Address:1133 NYS Route 86
Ray Brook, New York

Known as the new mountains from old rocks, the Adirondack Mountain range forms a circular dome, 160 miles wide and one mile high. Though the structure itself is a fairly new development in terms of geology, the rocks themselves are over 100 million years old. Aside from impressive geology, the Park is also the largest in the United States and boasts native fauna such as the American Beaver, moose, lynx and osprey, and flora such as pine, maple, and birch, to name a few. There are more than 3,000 lakes here and the Park contains the highest peaks in New York State. Along with great camping, gift shops and interpretive programs, the opportunities for fun are endless at Adirondack State Park.

The Adirondack Park ("Park") was created in 1892 by the State of New York amid concerns for the water and timber resources of the region. Today the Park is the largest publicly protected area in the contiguous United States, greater in size than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks combined, and comparable to the size of the entire state of Vermont. The boundary of the Park encompasses approximately 6 million acres, 48 percent of which belongs to all the people of New York State and is constitutionally protected to remain "forever wild" forest preserve. The remaining 52 percent is private land which includes settlements, farms, timber lands, businesses, homes and camps.