Essex County 📍

Essex County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,370. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. Along with Hamilton County, Essex is entirely within the Adirondack Park.

Essex County is in the northeastern part of New York State, just west of Vermont along the eastern boundary of the State. The eastern boundary of Essex County is Lake Champlain, which serves as the New York – Vermont border at an elevation of just under 100 feet (30.5 m). The highest natural point in New York, Mount Marcy at 5,344 feet (1,629 m), is in the Town of Keene. The Ausable River forms a partial northern boundary for the county.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County,_NY

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Cheney Pond

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Cheney Pond Road is a dirt road off of Boreas Road, about 15 miles east of Newcomb. It is a rough road, with the pass year’s washouts, don’t try it without a truck. It will take you a rather pretty lake and damed up river you can paddle around.

Washed Out Section of Cheney Pond Road

Here is a printable map you can click to see full size then download.

Good morning from camp!

And now down as Cheney Pond…

Towards Sand Pond Mountain

If you want to spend the night, you can roadside camp at a site with a picnic table and outhouse, tent camp at an “informal” campsite with a fire pit near the lean-to or camp in the lean-to. None of the campsites at Vanderwhacker Wild Forest have “Camp Here Disks”.

Road Campsite at Cheney Pond

Cheney Pond Lean-To

Heading out on the lake in the kayak…

Back Out at Cheney Pond

Along Edge of Cheney Pond

Cheney Pond Outlet

Sandy Bank of Cheney Pond

Exploring Marshy End of Cheney Pond

Looking Up at the Clouds

Looking Towards the High Peaks

Across Cheney Pond

Back Out at Cheney Pond

Flat Edge of Lester Flow

East on Cheney Pond

Setting Sun at Cheney Pond

Heading Back As Darkness Approach

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest

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The Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest Unit Management Plan mentions the following about Roadside Camping in the area…

“The area has a diverse mix of camping options available to visitors. There are designated interior camping facilities at Stony Pond, Cheney Pond, 29th Pond, and Newcomb Lake. There are also many Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest roadside locations used seasonally by hunters and during the summer by others along the Northwoods Club Road, the Moose Pond Road, State Route 28N and at other locations. There is generally an increasing in camping in VMWF during the regular big game season.”

— NYSDEC Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest UMP.

Current Campsites Map.

Vanderwhacker Wild Forest

Roadside Campsites Designated in UMP.

Road Number of Campsites
Boreas Road 1
Moose Pond Road 3
North Woods Road 3
NY 28N at Boreas River 1

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