List of Wilderness Areas in the Adirondack Park
Encyclopedia
Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace is both a set of principles, and an organization that promotes those principles. The principles are designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts with their decisions about how to reduce their impacts when they hike, camp, picnic, snowshoe, run, bike, hunt, paddle, ride horses, fish, ski or...
.
- Blue Ridge Wilderness AreaBlue Ridge Wilderness AreaThe Blue Ridge Wilderness Area, a unit of New York's Forest Preserve in the Adirondack Park, is located in the towns of Arietta, Lake Pleasant and Indian Lake in Hamilton County...
- 45,736 acres (185.09 km2) - Dix Mountain Wilderness AreaDix Mountain Wilderness AreaThe Dix Mountain Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Elizabethtown, Keene and North Hudson, Essex County...
- 45,208 acres (182.95 km2) - Five Ponds Wilderness AreaFive Ponds Wilderness AreaThe Five Ponds Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Fine and Clifton in St. Lawrence County, the town of Webb in Herkimer County and the town of Long Lake in Hamilton County...
- 117,978 acres (447.44 km2) - Giant Mountain Wilderness AreaGiant Mountain Wilderness AreaThe Giant Mountain Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, lies in Essex County, New York, in the towns of Elizabethtown and Keene. It is roughly bounded by NY 9N on the north, NY 73 on the west and south and US 9 on the east...
- 22,768 acres (92.14 km2) - Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness AreaHa-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness AreaThe Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the town of Webb, Herkimer County, and the Town of Greig, Lewis County...
- 26,528 acres (107.36 km2) - High Peaks Wilderness AreaHigh Peaks Wilderness AreaThe High Peaks Wilderness Area, the largest Forest Preserve unit in New York, is located in three counties and six towns in the Adirondack Park: Harrietstown in Franklin County, North Elba, Keene, North Hudson and Newcomb in Essex County and Long Lake in Hamilton County.-Geography:It is roughly...
- 192,685 acres (779.77 km2) - Hoffman Notch Wilderness AreaHoffman Notch Wilderness AreaThe Hoffman Notch Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, lies in the towns of Schroon, North Hudson and Minerva in Essex County...
- 36,231 acres (146.62 km2) - Jay Mountain Wilderness AreaJay Mountain Wilderness AreaThe Jay Mountain Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, lies within the towns of Jay and Lewis in Essex County. It is bounded by the Glen Road on the south and private land boundaries elsewhere except where the road west of Mt...
- 7,100 acres (28.7 km2) - McKenzie Mountain Wilderness AreaMcKenzie Mountain Wilderness AreaThe McKenzie Mountain Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, lies in western Essex County in the towns of St. Armand, North Elba and Wilmington...
- 37,616 acres (152.23 km2) - Pepperbox Wilderness AreaPepperbox Wilderness AreaThe Pepperbox Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the New York Forest Preserve, lies entirely within the town of Webb in Herkimer County. Stillwater Reservoir and the Beaver River Primitive Area form the southern boundary, while the north bank of the West Branch of the Oswegatchie River...
- 22,560 acres (91.30 km2) - Pharaoh Lake Wilderness AreaPharaoh Lake Wilderness AreaThe Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, straddles the Essex County-Warren County line in the towns of Ticonderoga, Hague, Horicon and Schroon. The county road along the east shore of Schroon Lake forms the western boundary; to the north, private land...
- 45,883 acres (185.68 km2) - Pigeon Lake Wilderness AreaPigeon Lake Wilderness AreaThe Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the forest preserve, lies in the town of Webb, Herkimer County, and the towns of Long Lake and Inlet in Hamilton County...
- 50,100 acres (202.8 km2) - Round Lake Wilderness AreaRound Lake Wilderness AreaThe Round Lake Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the town of Long Lake in Hamilton County. The area is approximately ; it was created in 2005 by the Adirondack Park Agency by classifying Round Lake as wilderness, and reclassifying of portions of...
- 11,000 acres (44.5 km2) - Sentinel Range Wilderness AreaSentinel Range Wilderness AreaThe Sentinel Range Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Wilmington, North Elba and Keene, Essex County...
- 23,252 acres (94.10 km2) - Siamese Ponds Wilderness AreaSiamese Ponds Wilderness AreaThe Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Lake Pleasant, Wells and Indian Lake in Hamilton County and the towns of Johnsburg and Thurman in Warren County...
- 112,524 acres (455.37 km2) - Silver Lake Wilderness AreaSilver Lake Wilderness AreaThe Silver Lake Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Lake Pleasant, Benson, Wells and Arietta in Hamilton County and is roughly bounded on the north by NY 8 and private lands near Piseco Lake, Oxbow Lake, Hamilton Lake, Sand Lake and Lake...
- 105,270 acres (426.01 km2) - West Canada Lake Wilderness AreaWest Canada Lake Wilderness AreaThe West Canada Lake Wilderness Area is an Adirondack Park Forest Preserve management unit in the town of Ohio in Herkimer County and the towns of Morehouse, Arietta, Lake Pleasant and Indian Lake in Hamilton County...
- 156,695 acres (634.12 km2) - William C. Whitney Wilderness AreaWilliam C. Whitney Wilderness AreaThe William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County...
- 20,500 acres (83.0 km2)
The 19,000-acre (77 km2) Saint Regis Canoe Area
Saint Regis Canoe Area
The Saint Regis Canoe Area is a 19,000 acre area of the Adirondack Park in southern Franklin County, New York about 18 miles northeast of Tupper Lake and southwest of Paul Smiths....
, presently the only Canoe Area in the park, operates under essentially the same conditions as the Wilderness Areas.