Long Lake – NPT
This map shows the North County - Lake Placid Trail along the shores of the northern section of Long Lake, including the lean-tos and designated campsites along the shorelines.
Long Lake
The Long Lake located in the central Adirondacks of New York is a natural lake. Geologically speaking, it is not a standalone basin, but rather a 14-mile-long glacial widening of the Raquette River. It flows along a natural, northeast-trending fault line that was scoured and widened by the Laurentide Glacier approximately 14,800 years ago. Because it is essentially a highly enlarged, slow-moving section of the river, it remains relatively shallow despite being surrounded by high mountain peaks.
Trees Along the West Branch
Lake Durant – A place I’m thinking of camping in the autumn
There are two free, primitive campsites located on Old Route 8 & 30, an old routing of the highway just south of Blue Mountain Lake on Lake Durant. On the western shore of the lake, they are a ways from the craziness of campground, and far enough off NY 30 to avoid some of the noise and craziness of that area.
If you didn’t have a map, you might not know these two campsites exist on this rough, mostly now gravel and dirt surface of old state highway.
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There are two campsites, this upper one, while primative and well picked over for firewood, looks like it would be a delight off season. Cell service too if I can remember right, which is good for remote work.
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A rainy, quiet fall afternoon on Lake Durant.
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