Photo of Andy Arthur

Andy Arthur

October and already the leaves are fading away in the Adirondacks. 🍂 Most shocking to me is that we are less then a month away from November, which in many ways should be a sigh of relief with the craziness of work and with the deep blue skies and crisp days of that month.

Black Mountain

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Black Mountain

Black Mountain is a three mile hike from Pike Brook Road via a snowmobile trail. The snowmobile trail is a nice hike or ski and follows an old woods road to the summit. The summit contains an old firetower this is fenced off for DEC radio equipment, along with a picnic table, outhouse, and old ranger's cabin.

If you take the steeper trail down the mountain you will arrive at Black Mountain Pond with a Lean-To and Outhouse, and loop around to Lapland Pond, an older lean-to and outhouse on the shore of the lake. Trail blaze color underlays the trail routes on the map.

Junius Pond Unique Area

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Junius Pond Unique Area

Junius Ponds was carved out by glaciers thousands of years ago, are meromictic, meaning that the pond waters do not mix. This unique characteristic has led to an abundance of rare plants and animals, including the endangered bog turtle.

The combined 200 acres over two parcels, near Waterloo Premium Outlets and the Junius Ponds Rest Area on the Thruway, once was the water supply for Lyon, but had been abandoned by the town, which transferred it to the state for conservation purposes.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/99999.html
https://www.fltimes.com/news/dec-buys-junius-ponds-from-lyons/article_1e80bf7a-6947-5ac4-be2b-2fb0a32592bb.html