Pigeon Lake Wilderness 📍

The Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area is located in the west central Adirondacks in the Towns of Inlet and Long Lake, Hamilton County, and Webb, Herkimer County. The wilderness is comprised of approximately 50,100 acres of state land and lies between four of the larger bodies of water in the Adirondacks–Big Moose Lake, Stillwater Reservoir, Raquette Lake and the Fulton Chain of Lakes.

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Shallow Lake

Andy | April 22, 2026

43.809534879676036,-74.71986169158738
Shallow Lake is a two mile relatively flat hike back along the Sucker Brook Bay Trail and Shallow Lake Trail is a large, remote lake in the Pigeon Lake Wilderness.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/102484.html
https://andyarthur.org/explore/pigeon-lake-wilderness

Map: Bear Mountain Trail on Cranberry Lake

https://andyarthur.org/ferds-bog
http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/102484.html

$Ferd\'s Bog Trail$

Queer Lake

Andy | July 4, 2025

For such a particular name, it's a rather normal but pretty lake -- abit one with a strange shape, with a portion of land jetting far out into the lake. As seen from Queer Lake Landing.

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