Description
Twenty-six history hikes, paddles, bike rides and cross-country ski tours along beautiful trails in New York State's Adirondack Mountain High Peaks and foothills. This includes the Lake Placid, Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Mohawk Valley regions. Hikes encompass sites made famous by Adirondack guides, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, colonial settlers, and combatants in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Visit abandoned iron mines, ruins of tanneries, the famous Adirondack great camps, old resorts, lost villages, and key battlegrounds. Highlights include the homestead of John Brown, America's first naval battle at Valcour Island, Fort Ticonderoga, His Majesty's Fort of Crown Point, and geological marvels like Indian Pass, Canajoharie Gorge, Chimney Mountain, and the tufa caves of Van Hornesville. Complete with directions, maps, and photos.
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BLACK DOME PRESS
