Northeast Wild

On online forums and social media, one often sees requests for suggested combination paddle and hike trips – the combination allows us to expand our experiences and also gets us to exercise a greater variety of muscle groups in the process. Examples I have often seen mentioned online are combinations like Long Pond and Long Pond Mountain in the St. Regis Canoe Area, Putnam Pond and Treadway Mountain in the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness, as well as Lake Lila and Mount Frederica in the Whitney Wilderness. A great view, in my opinion, should include at least one water body like a pond or lake, and have minimal sights and sounds of civilization. I have quite a number of favorites in this category and I have picked three of them to tell you about here. GARNET LAKE Garnet Lake is a 2-mile-long lake in the southern Adirondacks. Although there is some development at the north end of the lake, the southern half is fairly wild and most of it is state land. The put-in is at a small sandy bea...

  Sept, 2023 - The area was sold to Long Lake LLC Cedarlands Properties, Manhattan NY - the easement & access remain the same. There is a new gate on the road past the parking area - you are allowed to walk around it. Aug, 2020 -  A crew from the Student Conservation Association's Adirondack Program recently completed construction of three primitive tent sites on the shores of MUD POND. The site on the northern shore can be accessed from the Fishing Camp Trail. The other two sites are best accessed from the water. The campsites are available year-round. West of Long Lake, Adirondack Park. Info & Map .  Oct 2020 - The 0.3-mile Mud Pond Trail has been completed - the trail connects the parking lot with the canoe put-in on the NE shore of Mud Pond, providing a shorter route to the pond & easier access to the 3 new campsites. Feb 20, 2019 - XC skiing. Parking lot was not plowed so I parked as far as I could on the side of the narrow (about 1.9 car widths wide!) r...