Hammond Pond

The Hammond Pond Wild Forest is located in the northeastern Adirondacks and the Lake Champlain Basin of Essex County. There are approximately 40,036 acres in the unit, which is situated in the Towns of Crown Point, Elizabethtown, Moriah, North Hudson, Schroon, Ticonderoga, and Westport.

http://www.cnyhiking.com/HammondPondWildForest.htm

Four Mile Meadow

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Four Mile Meadow

The Adirondack Northway, and how it runs through Four Mile Meadow outside of Lincoln Pond in the Northeastern Adirondacks outside of Elizabethtown.

Hammond Pond

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A brief look around at the Hammond Pond Campsite, dam, and lake that gives this East-Central Adirondack Forest its namesake.

Hammond Pond

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On the way back home, I stopped by Hammond Pond, which is what Hammond Pond Wild Forest is named after. I wasn't particularly impressed, the horseflies were bad, and I was tired so I only stopped briefly. Quick hike back on an old woods road from the parking area.

Taken on Saturday June 27, 2020 at Hammond Pond.

Four Mile Meadow

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Ever since college I've been fascinated by the section of the Adirondack Northway that goes through a valley known as the Four Mile Meadow by Lincoln Pond, as seen on the 1953 Elizabethtown topographic map. While little signs of the Meadow exist anymore, I wonder if it was a natural meadow or due to logging. This section of the Northway really cut through the wilderness when it was built.