Northeast Wild

  Paddling the Raquette River article. Sep 12, 2016 - RAQUETTE RIVER & FOLLENSBY POND OUTLET upstream from The Crusher boat launch. Lovely section of the RR - shoreline varies from silver maple floodplain to mixed upland forest, some interesting backwaters. Trombley Landing, lean-to in bay. Lunch at campsite #17 (at 3.75 miles). 1.3 miles up FPO thru a grassy vly to posted land - very shallow, had to get out & line short distances a few times - hopefully the state will buy this area from The Nature Conservancy soon. FPO is a narrow winding stream - maps show a flow which might have existed back when there was a dam at the mouth - remains of the dam can still be seen. 10.4 miles, 6.4 hours. 2 days ago, hundreds paddled down the RR during the 90-miler race - today I saw 1 kayak, 1 canoe, 1 motorboat & 1 SUP. Sep 21, 2014 - STONY CREEK & AMPERSAND BROOK.  Water level on the low side.  Got about a mile up AB, pulled over one logjam & t...

  Seen from Diamond Island: Buck Mtn is on the left, Pilot Knob is on the right, in between is the unnamed ridge marked with red paint blazes northwest of Pilot Knob; the Schumann Preserve is well off the photo to the right. To clarify, Pilot Knob is a 2,163' mountain south of Buck Mountain, its actual summit is on private land but state land exists east of the summit; as far as I know, there is no marked trail to the summit.  There is an unofficial trail marked with paint blazes to a ridge that lies northwest of the summit - you can reach it from the Buck Mtn trailhead on Pilot Knob Rd & is described in Discover the Eastern Adirondacks by Ingersoll.  About 2 miles south of the summit is the Schumann Preserve at Pilot Knob, owned by the Lake George Land Conservancy, which has marked trails going up the ridge to a gazebo and waterfall. Fri Oct 27, 2023 - PILOT KNOB NW hike. Started on a strip of state land that touches Pilot Knob Rd about 1 mile S of the Buck Mtn trail...