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  2. Adirondack Park - Wikipedia

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    October 15, 1966. Designated NHL. May 23, 1963. The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. [2] At 6.1 million acres (2.5 × 106 ha), it is the largest park in the ...

  3. List of New York state parks - Wikipedia

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    Main article: Forest Preserve (New York) The largest parks in New York are the Adirondack Park, at six million acres (24,000 km 2; 9,400 sq mi); and the Catskill Park, at 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2; 1,100 sq mi). Together they comprise the New York Forest Preserve, properties that must be kept "Forever Wild" according to Article 14 of the New ...

  4. Forest Preserve (New York) - Wikipedia

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    Sign at bounds of New York State Forest Preserve land. New York 's Forest Preserve, comprises almost all the lands owned by the state of New York within the Adirondack and Catskill parks. It is managed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). As of 2022, the Forest Preserve covers nearly 3 million acres (12,000 km 2), about ...

  5. The Wild Center - Wikipedia

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    Type. Science museum. Director. Stephanie Ratcliffe. Website. www.wildcenter.org. The center's previous logo. Sign at main entrance to museum campus. The Wild Center, formerly known as the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, [1] is a natural history center in Tupper Lake, New York, near the center of New York state's Adirondack Park.

  6. Cranberry Lake - Wikipedia

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    Cranberry Lake (New York) 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Cranberry Lake is on the east branch of the Oswegatchie River in the Adirondack Park in New York in the United States. It is the third largest lake in the Adirondack Park (after Lake George and the Great Sacandaga Lake). About 75 percent of the shoreline is owned by the ...

  7. High Peaks Wilderness Area - Wikipedia

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    The High Peaks Wilderness Area is the largest wilderness area of the Forest Preserve in the U.S. state of New York.It is located in three counties and six towns in the Adirondack Park: Harrietstown in Franklin County, North Elba, Keene, North Hudson and Newcomb in Essex County and Long Lake in Hamilton County.

  8. Giant Mountain Wilderness Area - Wikipedia

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    The Giant Mountain Wilderness Area (GMWA) is a protected area of the New York Forest Preserve in Adirondack Park, located in the towns of Elizabethtown and Keene in Essex County. It is roughly bounded by NY 9N on the north, NY 73 on the west and south and US 9 on the east.

  9. Warrensburg, New York - Wikipedia

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    36-113-78300. Website. www.townofwarrensburg.org. Warrensburg is a town in Warren County, New York, United States. It is centrally located in the county, west of Lake George. It is part of the Glens Falls metropolitan area. [3] The town population was 3,959 at the 2020 census. [4]