Northeast Wild

  More info in ADK's Eastern Adirondacks guidebook & lots of info in Bill Ingersoll's Discover the Southern Adirondacks guidebook. Oct 5, 2023 - MOOSE MOUNTAIN hike, in the eastern Wilcox Lake WF near Stony Creek. Originally, I was planning to start on Tucker/Brannon Rd & bushwhack all the way past Burnt Mtn & Welch Vly, but after consulting with a friend & reading the description in Bill Ingersoll's Discover the Southern Adirondacks (Ingersoll states "Permission is given to walk this road to the property of Dominick Di Lorenzo and cross his private lands at the end of the road to state land." We did chat with 2 people driving up on an ATV & they said nothing negative. We decided to start (1150' el) by walking up Bit & Bridle Rd, a rough at times 4WD road with several camps along it. Both sides of the road are posted.  Driving from the E, we saw a sign on Brannon Rd: bridge out 1/4 mile, so we drove into Stony Creek & headed up T...

  Prospect Mountain Veterans Memorial Parkway climbs 5.5 miles from the entry gate to a parking lot just below the summit. There are three separate overlooks along the parkway-the Narrows, Lake George, and Eagle's Eye-from which to enjoy the scenery of the Adirondack Mountains and Lake George. April 24, 2026 - PROSPECT MOUNTAIN hike. Cloudless, temp low to mid-50s, no wind - had to do something. Up the red trail. Crossed the parkway then saw lots of hepatica. Steep up on smooth rock slabs. Spotted some trailing arbutus (not common, one of the first flowers out in spring). No flowers above 1500'. Spent an hour on the summit area. Down a bit on the red trail, then over and up on the unofficial orange (large faded paint blazes), then R on unofficial blue trail which rejoins the red trail above the parkway. Some yellow violets down low. Saw 10 other hikers. Mostly dry. 4 miles, 1700' el gain, 4 hours.    November 19, 2025 - PROSPECT MOUNTAIN hike, Sunny, temp rising thru the ...