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Highest Elevation Buildings in the Adirondack Park

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What is the highest elevation cabin or house in Adirondack Park? I took a look at the NYS Buildings Dataset, removed all buildings on state land (mostly Fire Observer Cabins near old Fire Towers and a few other DEC buildings), and then ran it against the 10M Digital Elevation Model.

The highest building in Adirondack Park is the Mountain Lake PBS Transmitter Building on Averill Peak at 178 Mountain Road, Lyon Mountain, which is near Lyon Mountain and has a elevation of 3,654.

The second highest building in the Adirondack Park is a Quonset Hut style equipment barn and what appears to a be small cabin owned by MMTR of Lake Placid on Mount Colburn, elevation 2,667 feet, off a logging road.

The two permanent, full time residences in Adirondack Park are 204 Rugged Ridge Way and 200 Rugged Ridge Way in Keene Valley on Little Porter Mountain at roughly 2,615 elevation. One is a large luxury house, and the other is small guest cabin on the same property.

Rank Owner Address Elevation Location
1 Mt Lake Public Telecom Council 178 Power House Rd 3654 44.696, -73.883
2 MMTR LLC Whiteface Inn Ln 2653 44.322, -74.021
3 Trevisani, Ronald John 204 Rugged Ridge Way 2639 44.2, -73.824
4 Trevisani, Ronald John 200 Rugged Ridge Way 2616 44.201, -73.823
5 Syracuse University 6 Rich Lake Ln 2615 43.961, -74.216
6 Cook, Evan D 190 Rugged Ridge Way 2558 44.202, -73.824
7 Barton Mines Company 31 Barton Mines Rd Ext 2554 43.682, -74.056
8 Wilmurt Club Wilmurt Lake Rd 2552 43.428, -74.732
9 Barton Mines Company 31 Barton Mines Rd Ext 2546 43.682, -74.057
10 Wilmurt Club Wilmurt Lake Rd 2539 43.427, -74.723
11 Town Of North Elba Bobsled Run Ln 2528 44.213, -73.924
12 Barton Mines Company Barton Mines Rd 2524 43.683, -74.058
13 Mitchell Flo Sportsman Club Second Stillwater Lk 2498 43.535, -74.703
14 Day Properties LLC 359 Bear Cub Ln Bldg 7 2497 44.226, -74
15 Barton Mines Company 31 Barton Mines Rd Ext 2493 43.681, -74.058
16 Wilmurt Club Wilmurt Lake Rd 2489 43.43, -74.729
17 Lyme Adirondack Jessup Riv 2488 43.519, -74.543
18 Barton Mines Company Barton Mines Rd 2485 43.684, -74.058
19 Barton Mines Company Barton Mines Rd 2482 43.684, -74.058
20 Wilmurt Club Wilmurt Lake Rd 2480 43.43, -74.728
21 Town Of North Elba Bobsled Run Ln 2480 44.213, -73.925
22 Barton Mines Company Barton Mines Rd 2480 43.684, -74.058
23 Wilmurt Club Wilmurt Lake Rd 2479 43.43, -74.728
24 Wilmurt Club Wilmurt Lake Rd 2479 43.426, -74.729
25 Wilmurt Club Wilmurt Lake Rd 2479 43.429, -74.728
Map: Shelving Rock Road and Dacy Clearing Road
Map: Shelving Rock Mountain

Lowest Population Density Towns in Pennsylvania

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Municipality County Population Square Miles Persons/sq mi
Ashland borough Columbia County 0 0.0 0.0
East Keating township Clinton County 7 51.5 0.1
West Keating township Clinton County 16 38.5 0.4
Elk township Tioga County 48 74.0 0.6
Grugan township Clinton County 49 69.4 0.7
Stewardson township Potter County 62 74.2 0.8
Wharton township Potter County 117 113.3 1.0
Brown township Lycoming County 93 74.0 1.3
Grove township Cameron County 113 73.8 1.5
McHenry township Lycoming County 122 76.7 1.6
Leidy township Clinton County 155 97.1 1.6
Sergeant township McKean County 145 80.2 1.8
Pine township Clearfield County 60 31.8 1.9
Gibson township Cameron County 181 94.6 1.9
Benezette township Elk County 216 107.2 2.0
Howe township Forest County 194 87.3 2.2
Millstone township Elk County 95 41.6 2.3
Cold Spring township Lebanon County 59 24.8 2.4
Sylvania township Potter County 78 29.7 2.6
Summit township Potter County 131 49.2 2.7
Spring Creek township Elk County 201 64.3 3.1
Abbott township Potter County 228 69.6 3.3
Lumber township Cameron County 182 55.2 3.3
Pine township Lycoming County 258 75.1 3.4
Noyes township Clinton County 334 90.0 3.7
Andy Arthur, 2/9/25
2020 US Census.
Map: Empire State Topography
Map: Empire State Color Relief

Megawatts of Installed Utility Scale Solar by State

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Megawatts of Installed Utility Scale Solar by State
state mw
TX 22,466
CA 21,640
FL 10,952
NC 6,785
NV 5,084
AZ 5,056
GA 5,014
VA 4,691
OH 3,238
IL 2,954
NY 2,675
IN 2,491
CO 2,371
NM 2,325
UT 2,199
WI 2,109
AR 1,794
MN 1,653
SC 1,649
MA 1,434
MS 1,220
NJ 1,183
MI 1,159
LA 1,070
OR 1,051
PA 876
ME 833
MD 680
IA 678
AL 666
TN 594
ID 502
MO 470
HI 467
KY 430
RI 419
CT 323
WA 268
WY 242
SD 209
MT 179
OK 174
VT 156
WV 140
NE 138
DE 97
KS 66
DC 29
AK 8
NH 2
Andy Arthur, 12.3.25
Source: EIA 860 Data (2024)
Map: Albert J. Woodford Memorial State Forest
Map: Brooktrout And Deep Lake

Reasons I Like Camping

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  1. No Real Rules except for Respect of Natural World.
  2. No Schedule except the Fall of Darkness Over the Land.
  3. Get to Visit Interesting Places; Explore New Lands.

Camping in the Morning

  1. Get to Play with Fire, Sit and Watch the Campfire.
  2. Get to Burn All Your Camp Trash with Plastic Burning and Melting in the Fire.
  3. Cooking Delious Meals Over the Fire or In Dutch Oven.

Smoke and Heat Rises Into Lean-To

  1. Beautiful Moonlit and Starlit Nights in the Woods.
  2. Drinking beer and smoking cigerettes and watching the fire burn.
  3. No Time to Get Up in the Morning.

Kayak Parked

  1. Peace and quiet or music as one sees fit.
  2. Having time to read and get away from all of it.
  3. A big change in the routine.

Least Used NYS Highways

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Least Used NYS Highways
NYS DOT Traffic Inventory
Route Display Value County Name Located Muni Name AADT Current Estimate
NY 344 Columbia Copake 98
NY 421 St Lawrence Piercefield 187
NY 168 Herkimer Stark 216
NY 189 Clinton Clinton 253
NY 230 Steuben Wayne 257
NY 10 Hamilton Arietta 302
NY 8 Warren Hague 331
NY 220 Chenango Smithville 340
NY 353 Cattaraugus Dayton 342
NY 157 Albany Berne 352
NY 327 Tompkins Enfield 357
NY 171 Herkimer Frankfort 358
NY 163 Montgomery Canajoharie 360
NY 157A Albany Knox 385
NY 436 Wyoming Pike 386
NY 329 Schuyler Dix 406
NY 409 Schuyler Dix 411
NY 409 Schuyler Reading 411
NY 168 Herkimer Little Falls 418
NY 184 St Lawrence Macomb 434
NY 30 Delaware Andes 443
NY 248 Steuben West Union 444
NY 167 Herkimer German Flatts 447
NY 331 Fulton Oppenheim 449
NY 170A Herkimer Fairfield 462
NY 170A Herkimer Manheim 462
NY 170A Herkimer Salisbury 462
NY 200 Cortland Harford 462
NY 157 Albany Knox 462
NY 160 Schenectady Duanesburg 467
NY 258 Livingston Mount Morris 475
NY 29A Fulton Stratford 484
NY 274 Oneida Western 489
NY 51 Otsego Exeter 490
NY 51 Otsego Plainfield 492
NY 268 Delaware Tompkins 497
NY 170 Herkimer Fairfield 504
NY 81 Albany Rensselaerville 508
NY 91 Cortland Truxton 508
NY 327 Tompkins Ithaca 517
NY 10A Fulton Caroga 522
NY 10A Fulton Johnstown 522
NY 279 Orleans Carlton 525
NY 359 Onondaga Skaneateles 534
NY 54A Steuben Pulteney 558
NY 220 Chenango Mcdonough 558
NY 18F Niagara Porter 562
NY 76 Chautauqua Ripley 572
NY 235 Chenango Afton 576
NY 244 Allegany Ward 578
Andy Arthur, 10.23.25

NY 344 in Copake is the road to Bash Bish Falls, NY 421 Piercefield is the road to Horseshoe Lake, and NY 168 runs from Mohawk to NY 80 in Starkville. NY 189 runs to from US 11 to a Canadian Border Crossing, NY 230 runs from Keuka (south of Penn Yann) to Sylvan Beach on Wanaka Lake.

Originally, NY 327, NY 329, NY 409 were maintained by NYS State Parks but around 1978, the NYS DOT took them over along with the State Parkways, mostly as a budget gimmick but also because supposedly DOT had more engineering and public road experience, though I’m not sure you could say that about the Long Island Parks Council.

NYSDOT tried to transfer ownership of NY 421 in the late 1970s to St. Lawrence County but the county didn’t want it because the only access to the road is via Franklin County, and it would have been expensive to drive 15 miles each way through Franklin County for county plow and maintenance trucks from nearest county highway.

Map: Green Mnt NF Forest Road 74 Camping
Map: Headwaters Of White River

NYS Population in Each Plant Hardiness Zone

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Nearly 2 / 3rds of New York lives in Zone 7, with only 7% living in Zone 5a or colder.

Zone Min Population Percent of State
3b −35 2,211 0.01%
4a −30 110,324 0.55%
4b −25 302,565 1.50%
5a −20 989,435 4.90%
5b −15 2,455,523 12.16%
6a −10 2,675,357 13.25%
6b −5 1,015,609 5.03%
7a 0 3,940,523 19.51%
7b 5 8,704,603 43.10%
Andy Arthur, 8/11/23.

Zone data derived from the PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University and USDA, with the state’s population from 2020 US Census.

This actually makes a lot of sense because most of New York’s population is in New York City or Long Island, and much of rest is Westchester, Rockland, Buffalo and Syracuse.

Thematic Map: Salmon River Reservior Campsites
Map: Line Brook State Forest