Every named river in the Adirondack Park — the Hudson, the Moose, the Raquette, the Sacandaga, and the rivers that drain the High Peaks.
The Schroon River drains north from Schroon Lake through the town of Schroon Lake and into the wider Paradox Lake region — a quiet, winding corridor that sees less attention than the lake it flows from but holds the same cool Adirondack gradient: hardwood banks, gravel runs, and enough bends to lose the highway noise. The river is accessible from several road crossings along US-9 and Old Schroon Road, though most paddlers put in at Schroon Lake itself and float downstream when water levels cooperate. It's brook trout water in the upper stretches, with occasional bass closer to the Hudson confluence. Low summer flows can make it a scratch run; spring is the window.
The Schroon River drains north from Schroon Lake through the Town of Schroon, eventually feeding the Hudson River system near Warrensburg — a long, winding corridor that sees more canoe traffic in its lower sections and more roadside access than backcountry solitude. In the Paradox Lake region, the river runs through a mix of private land and state forest, with put-in points scattered and inconsistent; this isn't a blue-line paddle with lean-tos every three miles. The upper stretches hold native brook trout in the feeder streams, though pressure and warmwater conditions downstream shift the fishery. Check DEC access sites and respect posted land — much of the riverbank here is privately held.
