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

🖼️ Photos

East Towards High Peaks

Taken from Tahawus Road, up top of the mine tailings pile where the road ends, right before getting to the gate to the mine that is post off limits.

Saturday May 21, 2011 — Tahawus
Map: Blenheim Hill State Forest
Map: Silver Lake
Thematic Map: Nobody Lives Here - Zero Populaton Blocks in Albany County