Jessup River Wild Forest

The Jessup River Wild Forest (JRWF) area consists of 47,350 acres of State Forest Preserve lands in the towns of Arietta, Indian Lake, Lake Pleasant, and Wells in Hamilton County. The unit is bounded by Route 28 to the north and Route 30 in the southeast, as well as three wilderness areas: West Canada Lakes Wilderness to the west; Siamese Ponds Wilderness to the east, and Silver Lake Wilderness to the south. The state lands in this unit border, or are in close proximity to, the communities of Indian Lake, Piseco, Speculator and Wells. Route 30 bisects the unit and serves as the main access corridor. Many people enjoy hiking to the fire towers on Pillsbury and Snowy mountains, snowmobiling between Piseco Lake and Indian Lake, canoeing on Fall Stream, or camping on Mason Lake. Hunting, fishing, and trapping are also popular activities throughout the unit but particularly in and around Perkins Clearing, the Jessup River and the Miami River.

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Hamilton Street is Not the Adirondacks or Catskills

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There has been for quite some time some confusion in downtown Albany, on whether or not Hamilton Street is the Adirondack or Catskill Mountains. After all, this street is known as “Environment Row”, and is home to a cluster of environmental lobbyists, who think they represent the interests Adirondacks and Catskill Mountains.


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To verify whether or not Hamilton Street is in the Adirondacks or Catskills, we will use Google Maps.


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Of course as Google Map informs us, Hamilton Street is nowhere near either the Catskill Mountains or the Adirondack Park for that matter. It’s kind of in the middle, in downtown Albany.


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Of course, if you want, you can take Hamilton Street to South Swan Street (a one way street), which takes you to South Mall Arterial (an expressway), which ultimately takes you to Interstate 787 North, which you take until Alternate Route 7, and ultimately the Adirondack Northway, which within 60 miles takes you to the Adirondacks.


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Alternatively, you can take I-787 South to the Thruway or NY 32, and get to the Catskills that way. So while Hamilton Street, is the most convenient way to get to I-787 Arterial to take you the Adirondacks or Catskills, it’s not either the Catskills or Adirondacks.