Hamilton County 📍

Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Its county seat is Lake Pleasant. It is one of only two counties that lie entirely within the Adirondack Park (Essex is the other). As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,836, making it the least populous county in New York. It is also the most sparsely populated county in the eastern half of the United States, with a population density of just over three people per square mile.

Hamilton County is in the north central part of the state, northwest of Albany. It lies entirely within Adirondack Park and consists mostly of publicly owned parkland. As the tourist folk will tell you, there is no permanent traffic light in the county.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_County,_New_York
http://www.adirondackexperience.com/

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Wakely Mountain Firetower Views

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This map gives an overview of mountains and lakes that are visible (and not visible) from Wakely Mountain Firetower. I'm new at doing visibility analysis so it's possible that I don't have the visibility completely correct, but it's an interesting experiment.

Wakely Mountain Firetower Views

Map: Green Mnt NF Forest Road 74 Camping

Hour Pond

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Hour Pond is a mid-sized pond located about a mile and half away from Thirteenth Lake, on a seasonally muddy trail. It generally follows streams, but does go up and over a ridge to get to this remote lake in the Siamese Ponds Wilderness.

Wednesday April 10, 2019 — Thirteenth Lake
Thematic Map: Clouds

Sacandaga Primitive Area – Whitehouse Campsites

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The DEC recently GPS'd the various designated campsites at Whitehouse area of the Sacanadaga Primitive Area along West River Road in Wells. This provides a pretty accurate map of the various campsite locations. West River Road isn't open to motor vehicles yet, but will open later in May once the frost is out of the ground and the dirt road isn't too soft.

Sacandaga Primitive Area - Whitehouse Campsites

Map: Tug Hill State Forest (Inman Gulf Area)
Thematic Map: Voting Machines in Use in New York State
Map: High Falls Reservior
Terrain Map: Light Pollution New York March 2024

Sly Pond

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The remote Sly Pond is one of the highest bodies of water in Adirondack Park at an elevation of 2,872 feet. It was once infamous for being a marker of how acidic Adirondack lakes had become by the eighties, with the DEC recording in 1980 the pond having an acidity of 3.54 which is about as "acidic as a dill pickle".

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/05/10/Acid-rain-damages-are-reported-in-Northeast-Canada-Far-WestNEWLNNew-York-suit-tries-to-prove-source-was-Midwest-plants/1857358315200/
Map: Bonner Lake State Forest