Adirondack Trails with Tales History Hikes Through the Adirondack Park and the Lake George, Lake Champlain and Mohawk Valley Regions

Name: Adirondack Trails with Tales History Hikes Through the Adirondack Park and the Lake George, Lake Champlain and Mohawk Valley Regions
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ISBN: 9781883789640

ISBN-10: 1883789648

ISBN-13: 9781883789640

Edition: 2009

Authors: Russell Dunn, Barbara Delaney

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Hike, paddle, bike, or cross-country ski along beautiful trails through sites made famous by Adirondack guides, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, colonial settlers, and combatants in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. Visit abandoned iron mines and the ruins of tanneries, famous Adirondack great camps and old resorts, lost villages, Native American battlegrounds, and the homestead of John Brown, catalyst for the Civil War. Visit the scene of America¿s first naval battle and marvel at geological wonders like Indian Pass, Canajoharie Gorge, Chimney Mountain, and the tufa caves of Van Hornesville. Detailed directions, maps, photographs, and vintage postcards. Hikes include: Valcour…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Black Dome Press, Corporation
Publication date: 5/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Russell Dunn is a licensed hiking guide, the author of Connecticut Waterfalls: A Guide, and the author of five other waterfall guides to the nearby Adirondack, Catskill, and Hudson Valley regions as well as numerous hiking and kayaking guides. He and his wife, Barbara, live inAlbany, NY.

Barbara Delaney is the assistant editor of the very popular popular Cloth Paper Scissors magazine and has been with the magazine since its debut. She has an adamant love for working in mixed media, growing to adore its many art forms.

Map	p. ix
Foreword	p. xii
Preface: Evolution of a Hiking Guidebook	p. xiv
Mileage	p. xvi
Degree of Difficulty	p. xvi
Caution and Safety Tips	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xx
List of Hikes by Theme	p. xxi
List of Hikes According to Level of Difficulty	p. xxiv
Champlain Valley Region	p. 1
Valcour Island (Lake Champlain)	p. 5
Coon Mountain (Westport)	p. 22
Crown Point: Fort St. Frederic & His Majesty's Fort of Crown Point (Crown Point)	p. 32
Fort Ticonderoga (Ticonderoga)	p. 42
Ironville & Penfield Homestead (Ironville)	p. 58
Rock Pond (Chilson)	p. 64
Lake George/Eastern Adirondacks Region	p. 71
Rogers Rock (Hague)	p. 73
Shelving Rock Mountain & Shelving Rock Falls (Shelving Rock)	p. 79
Prospect Mountain (Lake George)	p. 88
Fort George and Bloody Pond (Lake George)	p. 97
Cooper's Cave & Betar Byway (South Glen Falls)	p. 104
High Peaks Region	p. 119
John Brown's Farm (North Elba)	p. 121
Mt. Jo & Mt. Van Hoevenberg (Heart Lake)	p. 132
Adirondac & Indian Pass (Adirondac)	p. 141
East Branch of the Ausable River & Adirondack Mountain Reserve (St. Huberts)	p. 156
Great Camps	p. 167
Santanoni (Newcomb)	p. 168
The Sagamore (Raquette Lake)	p. 175
Route 30 Region	p. 185
Paul Smiths (Paul Smiths)	p. 186
Hooper Garnet Mine (Thirteenth Lake)	p. 193
Chimney Mountain (Indian Lake)	p. 197
Kunjamuk Cave (Speculator)	p. 206
Griffin, Griffin Falls, & Auger Falls (Griffin)	p. 211
Foothills of the Adirondacks: Mohawk Valley Region	p. 217
Moss Island (Little Falls)	p. 219
Tufa Caves & Waterfalls of Van Hornesville (Van Hornesville)	p. 232
Canajoharie Gorge (Canajoharie)	p. 237
Wolf Hollow (Hoffmans)	p. 246
Postscript	p. 252
Adirondack Museums, Historical Sites, Interpretive Centers, and Other Historical Resources	p. 253
Endnotes	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 280
Index	p. 289
About the Authors	p. 296
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