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Nature & Environment

An Acre of Dreams

I recently bought some land in the Adirondacks. Who didn’t? Or at least who didn’t think of doing such a thing during these last few years of pand...

A Closer Look at Adirondack Bats

Why should you care about bats? “Besides the fact they’re cute,” says bat researcher Vanessa Rojas, assistant professor at SUNY-ESF Ranger School, ...

Star Struck

Some night this summer when the sky is clear, pick up a pair of binoculars, step away from the fire pit and open your mind to celestial high-drama ...

Man with beard drilling hole in maple tree

As Maple Goes High-Tech, the Romance of the Old Ways Lingers

I know I’m not the only one who took on chickens as a pandemic project. Tomatoes and raspberries too. But the big one, for me, was making my own ma...

To the Rescue

North Country weather has always been a wild ride of ups and downs, and climate change hasn’t made it any easier to predict—just ask the loons.

Road Work

It is snowing, the flakes descending in endless, languorous swirls. Seemingly from nowhere, the snowplows emerge—yellow lights flashing and blades ...

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Travel

Best Adirondack Roadtrips for Fall

Outings to some of the prettiest easy-access places in the park, plus hikes, history, pit stops and more.

War Cannon Spirits: A New Adirondack Eatery & Tasting Room

The abandoned Agway in Crown Point, originally an early-19th-century mill, has been dusted off and beautifully restored as War Cannon Spirits, a co...

Favorite Adirondack Campgrounds

Choosing a favorite is highly subjective—often a happy blend of personal preferences and family traditions—but what follows is a sampling of likely...

Best Adirondack Roadtrips for Fall

Outings to some of the prettiest easy-access places in the park, plus hikes, history, pit stops and more.

War Cannon Spirits: A New Adirondack Eatery & Tasting Room

The abandoned Agway in Crown Point, originally an early-19th-century mill, has been dusted off and beautifully restored as War Cannon Spirits, a co...

Favorite Adirondack Campgrounds

Choosing a favorite is highly subjective—often a happy blend of personal preferences and family traditions—but what follows is a sampling of likely...

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Recreation

Hiking: Mount Adams

Mount Adams is a dazzling but somewhat difficult hike, with a distance and gain in elevation similar to the High Peak of Cascade, even though its e...

Barefoot Hiking in the Adirondacks

Wynde Kate Reese sets off for a day hike that will take her to the top of Rooster Comb Mountain in Keene Valley. She’ll pick her way over gnarled t...

Heart of Darkness: Hiking the Adirondacks at Night

Standing on a shelf of rock looking toward the High Peaks, I realized my mistake. I had no headlamp, no source of light, and the sky was already a ...

Zero to Jackrabbit: Taking on a Legendary Adirondack Trail

What challenge could you present that tricky knees and rising blood pressure could overcome? What would get the spirit racing toward a goal while a...

Free Skate: How to Build a Backyard Ice Rink

For some Adirondackers, the ultimate in North Country living is being able to ski out the back door. But for Harold Slater, in Jay, it’s about “put...

Late-Season Riding at the Ausable Chasm Mountain-Bike Trails

Late-Season Riding at the Ausable Chasm Bike Trails

And then there are the mountain-bike trails he has spent more than a decade creating near Ausable Chasm, all bearing the names of classic heavy-met...

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History

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June 2024

Wilderness camping, the lure of the lakeside, a blackfly primer, new hotspots for food and drink, and saviors or saboteurs?—a look at early environmental protestors.