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The Adirondack Mountains are a mountain range located in the northeastern part of New York, that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties.
The mountains are often included by geographers in the Appalachian Mountains, but they bear a greater geological similarity to the Laurentian Mountains of Canada. They are bordered on the east by Lake Champlain and Lake George, which separate them from the Green Mountains in Vermont. They 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 Saint Lawrence River.
The Adirondack Mountains are contained within the 6.1 million acres (2.5×10^6 ha) of the Adirondack Park, which includes a constitutionally protected Forest Preserve of approximately 2,300,000 acres (930,000 ha). About 43% of the land is owned by the state, with 57% 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 Winter Olympic Games, the Saranac Lakes, favored by the sportsmen who made the Adirondacks famous, and Raquette Lake, site of many of the first Great Camps.
Aerial Tour of the 6 million acre park | VisitAdirondacks.com
Winter Hammock Camping in the Adirondacks
Adirondacks, New York - Destination Video - Travel Guide
THE ADIRONDACKS | Logging | PBS
THE ADIRONDACKS | Adirondack Great Camps | PBS
THE ADIRONDACKS | Contested Terrain | PBS
Living in Lake Placid, NY & The Adirondacks
Adirondacks - Hiking Jay Mountain
(HD) Hiking Pyramid Peak in the Adirondack High Peaks
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN MEN
Free Camping in the East Pt.3: New York's Adirondacks
THE ADIRONDACKS | Carl Heilman-Wilderness Photographer | PBS
A New View of Adirondack Lakes (filmed from an AirCam) HD.mov
The Hungry Trout - Fly Fishing in the Adirondack Mountains