The Wolf Pond extends 2.3 miles feet from the trailhead to the outlet of Wolf Pond on the southern shore. This new trail is gently rolling and easy to navigate trail. A new lean-to is located up a short spur trail on the
southwestern shore of the pond. Wolf Pond provides scenic views of the High Peaks and surrounding mountains, as well as excellent fishing opportunities. The 59-acre pond is home to native strain stocked brook trout.
DEC Map can be found here: https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/wolfpondhikingmap.pdf
From time to time, there is talk about redeveloping Noonan Lane, the traditional homestead and later neighborhood of Polly Noonan's family. They even at one point proposed building a new city landfill there. But terrain, wetlands and general isolation from the city makes the parcel difficult to redevelop.
Not long until we have some rain it would seem.
Orange County is one of the farthest north counties in the Metropolitan Region, serviced by the MTA Trains. They pay a special tax for that privilege. Orange County has many large forested areas, along with sprawling cities and towns, pasture land and the rich farm black dirt farm county.
The Adirondacks are prone to powerful windstorms, isolated tornadoes, and occasional hurricanes, derechos, and microbursts. Perhaps the second most destructive of these in modern Adirondack history (next to the 1998 Ice Storm) occurred in November, 1950.
The Big Blowdown brought heavy rains and winds in excess of 100 mph. In a single day – November 25th – more than 800,000 acres of timber was heavily damaged. The storm caused a complete shutdown of the roads and trails across large swaths of the park, a historic suspension of the State Constitution, a temporary glut in the spruce market, and a political impact that continues to this day.
- From the New York Almanac
Data Source: Adirondack Park Agency.
The Port of Albany–Rensselaer, widely known as the Port of Albany, is a port of entry in the United States with facilities on both sides of the Hudson River in Albany and Rensselaer, New York. Private and public port facilities have existed in both cities since the 17th century, with an increase in shipping after the Albany Basin and Erie Canal were built with public funds in 1825.
The port's modern name did not come into widespread use until 1925; the current port was constructed in 1932 under the governorship of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. It included the largest grain elevator in the world at the time. Today the grain elevator is the largest in the United States east of the Mississippi River; the port has the tallest harbor crane in the state of New York.
The port has rail connections with the Albany Port Railroad, which allows for connections with CSXT and CP Rail. It is near several interstates and the New York State Canal System. The port features several tourist attractions as well, such as USS Slater, the only destroyer escort still afloat in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Albany%E2%80%93Rensselaer
Interactive map of Crane Pond in the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness. Shows terrain, campsites, trails.