Here's some selected info about the Adirondacks and a few pictures which catch the eye. Our page is still under construction, so be sure to check back for more pictures (some of Bill's personal shots) and more links to the Web!

The Adirondack Region of Northern New York includes the 6 million-acre Adirondack Park, surrounding countryside and the entire western shore of Lake Champlain. The region is best known for its mountains (including the highest peaks in New York) and lakes (more shoreline than Vermont and New Hampshire combined). But villages, farms, museums, restaurants, artisan shops and a wide variety of accommodations also characterize this beautiful place we call home.

The Adirondack Park was created in 1882 by the New York State Legislature, which enacted measures that guarantee public lands will remain forever wild. The Park itself is the size of the state of Vermont, with a structure unlike any other state or national park in the nation: it is a patchwork of public and private lands. There are expansive blocks of backcountry interspersed with private homes, villages and tracts of corporate forest lands under active management. In the Adirondacks, it is possible to hike to an isolated waterfall in the afternoon, then spend the evening strolling Main Street.

Within the "Blue Line," as the park boundary is called, more than 40 state-operated campgrounds, 2,000 miles of hiking trails, hundreds of miles of canoe routes and 42 peaks over 4,000 feet in height entice travelers from all over the world.

Interstate Rt. 87 passes through the Adirondack Park along its eastern side, originating in the Albany area and continuing north to the Canadian border, but there are over 40 other roads entering the park as well. As a result, there is no "entrance gate," and no admission fee. (Fees apply at state campgrounds, but hiking, canoe and boat access on state lands are free.)

Some notable starting places for hiking are: Adirondack Loj, The AuSable Club, and

The Adirondacks are home to black bears, white tailed deer, common loons, mergansers, bald eagles, beavers, coyotes, fishers, bobcats, brook and lake trout, land-locked salmon and more.

Its forests are comprised of hardwoods and softwoods, including maple, black cherry, beech, balsam fir, hemlock, Scotch and red pine and spruces of several varieties.

There are several Alpine summits in the Adirondacks where rare plants thrive under adverse conditions. If you get a chance to visit one of these summits, take note. There are only 100 acres of such plants in the world! Please be courteous and stay on paths or bare rocks when visiting these summits.

As soon as we have pictures scanned, you can see some of the beauty I'm talking about...or see it first hand on peaks like Algonquin or Wright's Peak!