June 2023
Articles from this Issue

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...

The Center of the Galaxy
Have you ever wondered what the Milky Way—the celestial one, not the confection—would smell and taste like?

A Closer Look at Adirondack Bats
Why should you care about bats? “Besides the fact they’re cute,” says bat researcher Vanessa Rojas, assistant profess...

How Fireflies Find Love with the Language of Light
Yellow-green sparks shimmer among shadowy pines overlooking my backyard on the outskirts of Saranac Lake. It is a war...

Adirondack Cryptids: Champy vs. Bigfoot
A Captain Crum, who navigated the lake in 1819, told a tale of an almost 200-foot-long black monster with three teeth...

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 lig...

Grand Adirondack Hotel
Longtime Adirondackers get attached to places the way they knew them, mostly for sentimental reasons. In my case, mor...
