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

Moose Mountain Pond

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Moose Mountain Pond

From the Hammond Pond Parking Area on Moriah Road (4 miles east of US 9), head south on the Berrymill Flow Trail. The flow is roughly 1 1/2 miles south of the parking area, with only a very slight incline. Head south-east on the Mouse Mountain Pond Trail another 1 1/2 miles to reach the lake which contains a lean-to on the north shore. Slight incline, gaining 200 feet before dropping over a ridge to the pond.

https://andyarthur.org/hammond-pond
https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/109807.html

Keene Valley

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Keene Valley

Looking through the high peaks, past Giant Mountain.

Giant Mountain

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Interactive map of Giant Mountain in the High Peaks of the Adirondacks. Campsites are from the DEC, Scenic Vistas are from OpenStreetMap (CC-BY-SA).

Pharoah Lake

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Pharoah Lake

Updated map of Pharoah Lake with campsites based on the latest data dump from the NYSDEC. As of this summer, the bridge over the outlet (southern tip) of Pharoah Lake is closed for repairs, so one must go around the lake to get to the northern shore of the lake from the Pharoah Lake Trail from Pharoah Road/Beaver Dam Road in Schroon.