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The Adirondack Mountains (/ ˌædɪˈrɒndæk / AD-i-RON-dak) [ 1 ] are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York which form a circular dome approximately 160 miles (260 km) wide and covering about 5,000 square miles (13,000 km 2). [ 2 ] The region contains more than 100 peaks, including Mount Marcy, which is the highest point in New York ...
36-65233. GNIS feature ID. 0964482. Website. www.saranaclakeny.gov. Saranac Lake is a village in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,887, making it the largest community by population in the Adirondack Park. [2] The village is named after Upper, Middle and Lower Saranac lakes, which are nearby.
t. e. The North Country is the northernmost region of the U.S. state of New York, bordered by Lake Champlain to the east, the Adirondack Mountains and the Upper Capital District to the south, the Mohawk Valley region to the southwest, the Canadian border to the north, and Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence Seaway to the west. [1]
The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. [2] At 6.1 million acres (2.5 × 10 ^ 6 ha), it is the largest park in the contiguous United States. [3]
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,205. The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Plattsburgh. Lake Placid became known internationally for hosting the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics, the 1972 ...
Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York. [1] [2] Upstate includes the middle and upper Hudson Valley, the Capital District, the Mohawk Valley region, Central New York, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes region, Western New York, and the North Country.
The Adirondack Mountains are sometimes considered part of the Appalachians but, geologically speaking, are a southern extension of the Laurentian Mountains of Canada. The Adirondacks do not form a connected range, but are an eroded dome consisting of over one hundred summits, ranging from under 1,200 feet (366 m) to over 5,000 feet (1,524 m) in ...
Website. https://www.queensbury.net. Queensbury is a town in Warren County, New York, United States. [ 8 ] The population was 29,169 at the 2020 census. [ 5 ][ 4 ] It contains the county seat of Warren County, located at a municipal center complex on U.S. Route 9 south of the village of Lake George. [ 9 ]