Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest 📍

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest is a 91,854-acre public preserve in New York’s Adirondack Park. The diverse terrain features quiet lakes, vast wetlands, and rugged peaks. The highlight is the 3,386-foot Vanderwhacker Mountain, which features a restored fire tower offering panoramic views of the High Peaks. Visitors enjoy primitive camping, backcountry hiking, paddling, and snowmobiling. It provides a peaceful, less-crowded wilderness experience for outdoor enthusiasts seeking rugged Adirondack beauty.

🗺️ Maps 🖼️ Photos
Map: Follensby Clear Pond
Map: Gilman Lake

Northwood Club Road

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Interactive map showing camping opporunites along this road outside of Minerva.
Map: Greenwood Creek State Forest

Blue Ledges Trail

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Scenic trail along an old woods road from Huntley Pond to the Hudson River.
Map: Gilman Lake

Boreas Railroad – Moose Club Way To Northwoods Club Road

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Lately there has been discussion of abandonment of the Tahawus Rail Line along the Boreas River that was constructed illegally during World War II, removing the rail and turning it into a multi-use trail for biking and hiking in summer and snowmobiles in winter. While you can walk it now, it's technically still an active rail line, and you have to step over ties and rails and probably is trespassing.

The trail would be a nice one, as over the 5 miles between Northwood Club Road and Moose Club Way is only about a 150 foot elevation gain, so it's a very gentle hike into remote wilderness, on a route that could be a nice leisurely hike or bicycle ride into very remote country.

Boreas Railroad - Moose Club Way To Northwoods Club Road

Thematic Map: US Population Non Contiguous Cartogram