The Adirondack Park may have remote wildernesses, but you still never that far from human residences and businesses. Only a few remote corners of state wilderness areas in the Adirondacks are more then 1 mile from a building, even fewer areas are more then 2 or 3 miles from a building.

Data Source: Microsoft Building Footprints.

The state has significant conservation easements with timber companies in the Northwestern Adirondacks.