The Great Range, from the col
§ The Park · Fifteen Regions
Six million acres.
Larger than Yellowstone, Glacier and the Grand Canyon combined — and not one thing. We browse it the way a local gives directions: by place.
§ The Gazetteer · In Park Order
See Them Mapped Together→Fifteen regions, each its own trip.
§ No. I · gateway hamletKeene.Adirondak Loj & Heart Lake · Chapel Pond · High Peaks trailheads
§ No. II · lakeLake Placid.1980 & 1932 Olympic sites · Whiteface Mountain · Mirror Lake§ No. III · lakeSaranac Lake.Winter Carnival & Ice Palace · Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage · Saranac Lakes Wild Forest
§ No. IV · lakeTupper Lake.The Wild Center · Adirondack Sky Center / Public Observatory · Raquette River headwaters
§ No. V · lakeLake George.Fort William Henry · The Sagamore (Bolton Landing) · Steamboats — Minne-Ha-Ha, Mohican
§ No. VI · lakeSchroon Lake.Seagle Festival · Pharaoh Lake Wilderness · Word of Life
§ No. VII · lakeParadox Lake.Severance Mountain fire tower · Paradox quietwater§ No. VIII · lakeBrant Lake.Classic lakeside summer camps · Pharaoh Mountain access
§ No. IX · lakeBlue Mountain Lake.Adirondack Experience (ADK Museum) · Blue Mountain summit & fire tower · Great Camp Sagamore road
§ No. X · lakeIndian Lake.Hudson Gorge whitewater · Upper Hudson put-ins · Snowy Mountain fire tower§ No. XI · lakeLong Lake.Helms Aero Service · Northville-Placid Trail midpoint · Adirondack Hotel
§ No. XII · lakeRaquette Lake.Great Camp Sagamore · Great Camp Pine Knot · Echo Camp
§ No. XIII · gateway hamletOld Forge.Enchanted Forest Water Safari · Snowmobile Capital (900+ mi groomed) · Fulton Chain of Lakes
§ No. XIV · gateway hamletSpeculator.Oak Mountain · Lake Pleasant · Sacandaga River corridor
§ No. XV · lakeGreat Sacandaga Lake.Sailing & boating (largest lake wholly in NY) · Conklingville Dam · Northville-Placid Trail southern terminus§ Keep Going · The Whole Park, Mapped
Every water, every summit.
The fifteen regions are the doors. Behind them sits the Atlas — every mapped lake, peak and trail in the Park, cross-referenced with the regions above.