Adirondack Mountains
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- A map of the main mountainous regions of the northeastern United States. The Adirondacks are a part of the Canadian Shield range having much different origins from the surrounding Appalachian Chain.
- A 1876 map of the Adirondacks, showing many of the now obsolete names for many of the peaks, lakes, and communities
- A spotted turtle at the Wild Center
- The Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York form the southernmost zone in the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion of North America.
- Lake Flower in the Village of Saranac Lake, nicknamed the Capital of the Adirondacks.
- The Adirondack High Peaks region.
- Mount Marcy
- Mount Marcy
Lakes
- The hydrologic source of the Hudson River is near or at Lake Tear of the Clouds, a small tarn in the Adironacks, photo circa 19th-century
- Lake George, one of numerous oligotrophic lakes in the Adirondack region, is nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes.
- Mirror Lake in the Village of Lake Placid in the Adirondacks, site of the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics.
