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Postcard depicting Split Rock quarry operations around 1910. Split Rock (also Splitrock) is a hamlet in the Town of Onondaga in Onondaga County, New York, United States. [1] Today more a historic place than a community, Split Rock is a site of interest to industrial archeology. A limestone quarry was established in Split Rock by Gilbert Coons ...
The Split Rock Wildway is a proposed wildlife corridor between the Split Rock Wild Forest and the Jay Mountain Wilderness Area in the eastern Adirondack Park in Essex County, New York. The area is located within the Champlain Valley along Lake Champlain .
Split Rock Falls (New Russia, NY) lightphoto/Getty Images. Distance from NYC: 4 hours. How to get there: Drive via I-87N; train via Amtrak on the Adirondack Line.
The entire region lies within Adirondack Park, a New York state protected area of over 6,000,000 acres (2,400,000 ha). The park was established in 1892 by the state legislature to protect the region's natural resources and to provide recreational opportunities for the public. It covers over 20 percent of New York state's land area. [5]
Adirondack region town and state parks to view the April 8 eclipse. Arrowhead Park- 160 State Route 28, Inlet. Cumberland Bay State Park- 152 Cumberland Head Road, Plattsburgh. Fern Park- 9 Loomis ...
The area is bounded on the north by Cranberry Lake, a portion of the Oswegatchie River, the road leading to Inlet and private lands; on the east by the Colton town line and private lands in the vicinity of Gull Lake, a road leading to Gull Lake and the Remsen to Lake Placid railroad; on the south by Stillwater Reservoir; on the southwest by the Pepperbox Wilderness Area and on the west by the ...
The area contains 42 of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks, including the tallest, Mount Marcy. The topography ranges from small areas of low-lying swampland (e.g., along the Raquette and Saranac Rivers) to the highest point in New York State at the top of Mount Marcy. Although there is a considerable variety of topography, it is predominantly high ...
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