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Designated NHL. May 23, 1963. 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 × 106 ha), it is the largest park in the contiguous United States.
Science museum. Director. Stephanie Ratcliffe. Website. www.wildcenter.org. The center's previous logo. Sign at main entrance to museum campus. The Wild Center, formerly known as the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, [1] is a natural history center in Tupper Lake, New York, near the center of New York state's Adirondack Park .
Adirondack chair. The Adirondack chair is an outdoor lounge chair with wide armrests, a tall slatted back, and a seat that is higher in the front than the back. [1] Its name references the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York . The chair was invented by Thomas Lee between 1900 and 1903 in Westport, New York, but was patented by his friend ...
www .theadkx .org. Adirondack Experience (formerly Adirondack Museum), located on NY-30 in the hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake in Hamilton County, New York, is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Adirondacks. [1] The museum is located on the site of an historic summer resort hotel, the Blue Mountain House, built high above Blue ...
The Adirondack Mountain Club ( ADK) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1922. It has approximately 30,000 members. [1] The ADK is dedicated to the protection and responsible recreational use of the New York State Forest Preserve, parks, wild lands, and waters; it conducts conservation, and natural history programs.
Lake George, 1862, painted by Martin Johnson Heade. Lake George, c. 1860, painted by John Frederick Kensett. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza [1] George Lake, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, [2] is a long, narrow oligotrophic lake located at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains, in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection of New York's natural resources; manages Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, state forest lands, and wildlife management ...
Adirondak Loj. Coordinates: 73°58′W. The Loj, rebuilt in 1928. The Adirondak Loj (pronounced "Adirondack Lodge") is a historic lodge in North Elba, Essex County, New York. It is near Lake Placid in the Adirondack Mountains. The current facility, located on the shore of Heart Lake, was built in 1927 and is owned and operated by ADK ...