adirondacks

     

The Airondack 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.

Trivia about adirondacks

  • Lake Placid is located 1,860 feet above sea level in these mountains
  • The Hudson River rises in this group of mountains in northeast New York
  • The name of this range in northeastern New York comes from an Indian word for "bark eaters"
  • Lake Placid lies in this mountain chain in northeastern New York
  • Over 3 dozen mountains in this northern New York range exceed 4,000 feet
  • Lake Placid & the source of the Hudson are found in this New York group
  • While living in these New York mountains, Robert Louis Stevenson began writing "The Master of Ballantrae"