Sleeping Beauty mountain is reportedly so named because, from some directions, its profile resembles the shape of a woman ...

The 237-acre park became Vermont's first state park in 1924, according to the Vermont State Parks website. You can drive to the top or hike about 0.75 miles to the summit.

The mountains that give the Adirondack Park its name are clustered in a wide dome of more than 100 peaks, some climbing more than 5,000 feet high. ... rivaling the size of neighboring state Vermont.

The Adirondack Park Agency often finds itself at the center of big controversies. The APA is charged with regulating more than six million acres of public and private land. That’s an area ...

In the northeast part of New York near the Vermont border, Adirondack Park came into legal existence in 1884. With logging damage to watersheds threatening the Erie Canal and the Hudson River, a ...

Jul 12, 2021 — It’s been more than 50 years since the Adirondack Park Agency was established. In his book, ‘A Wild Idea,’ Ithaca-based author Brad Edmondson chronicles the environmental ...

New York’s Adirondack Park draws more than 12 million visitors each year, but most don’t venture far from the park’s population centers. Here’s where to go to avoid the crowds.

The nearly six-million-acre park is a national treasure. Almost as large as Vermont, it covers more land than Yellowstone, Glacier, Everglades and Grand Canyon national parks combined.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s first and oldest state park is celebrating a century. The 237-acre Mount Philo State Park in Charlotte became the first Vermont State Park in 1924.