Severance Hill 📍

1.2 mile leg-stretcher hike, easily accessed from US 9, just south of Exit 28 Ticonderoga on the Adirondack Northway. Good views of Paradox Lake and Schroon Lake from this mountain. Trail goes under the Adirondack Northway in a culvert.

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Schroon Lake

Andy | February 25, 2026

Sunday March 7, 2010 — Severance Hill — Severence Hill Trail 🗺

Map: Overview of Lean-Tos in New York State Forests

Schroon Lake 1

Andy | October 9, 2025

Monday October 10, 2011 — Severance Hill — Severence Hill Trail 🗺

Pharaoh Lake Wilderness

Andy | October 9, 2025

To the south of NY 73.

Monday October 10, 2011 — Severance Hill — Severence Hill Trail 🗺

SVGZ Graphic: Distance to a Dollar Store

Schroon Lake

Andy | April 15, 2025

Sunday April 11, 2010 — Severance Hill — Severence Hill Trail 🗺

Light at End of the Tunnel

Andy | April 7, 2025

Looking through one of the tunnels that goes under the Adirondack Northway, carrying the Severance Hill trail back to the Village of Schroon Lake.

Sunday April 11, 2010 — Severance Hill — Severence Hill Trail 🗺

Thematic Map: 2.5 million New Yorkers live within a half mile of a landfill