Seven Wonders of the Adirondacks
I've posted the Adirondack Almanack's lists of Seven Natural and Human Made Wonders of the Adirondacks here:
The Seven Natural Wonders of the Adirondacks
The Seven Human Made Wonders of the Adirondacks
The contest winner and a recap of readers' suggestions can be found here.
I've closed the comments on this page, but you can still leave comments and suggestions on the two pages of lists above.
22 Comments:
I choose for the humanly constructed list all the various
delicious blogs floating around the region.
My favorite: the ruins at Crown Point.
A cell tower.
The dam at the head of the LaChute River in Ticonderoga.
The Lake George lakefront property owners owe the hydro company for their consistent lake elevation and resulting property values. And much the hamlet (former village) of Ticonderoga would be wiped off the map if it ever failed.
Natural: OK Slip Falls, Hudson Gorge, Avalanche Lake, ravens, Preston Ponds/Duck Hole, Lower Ausable Lake, and a pond I won't name because it wouldn't be a wonder if people knew about it.
Man-made: All the fire towers, Whiteface ski trails (a bit of natural and man-made), Whiteface highway, Intervale's ski jumps and the bobsled course.
OK, the ski jumps at Lake Placid
The Hudson River and the Olympic bobsled and luge runs at Lake Placid
The view from atop Pyramid on a cloudless day. There's no finer view in all of the 'Dacks.
well... maybe it seems cliche but ausable chasm is pretty remarkable. the view from blue mountain is amazing.
For human made, and a bit more modern, I think we need to add the Champlain Bridge at Crown Point. It's in danger of being replaced with a modern flat-span bridge.
This certainly has been interesting. I think we should include the Champlain Bridge, but the question is where do we draw the "blue line" is it the actual blue line or is it, as I think it perhaps should be, more inclusive.
Here at the Adirondack Almanack we consider the Adirondack Region to include most everything from the Mohawk to the St. Lawrence, and from the Vermont line to the Candadian border.
I think it perhaps it should include the greater adirondack cultural and environmental region.
I think the Champlain Bridge is a great choice. Of course so is the Historic Arch Bridge.
This is going to be quite a process of elimination as we've got some great choices suggested so far.
Yes, if we are just talking about Northern NY there is nothing more breath taking than a ride across Lake Champlain on a sunny Fall day. I'd put that view up with anything that you could find in the entire USA.
Maybe I'm favoring Long Lake, but... Buttermilk Falls & Hoss's Country Corner?
Natural Made: There's no comparison to the Trap Dike on Mt. Colden from Avalanche Lake. The geological feature was created when the softer rock infused into the anorthosite eroded leaving a 1000+ ft/100 ft. deep cleft in the mountain. When used as (a rather precipitous) hiking route up Mt. Colden it is one of the classic hikes of the 'Daks.
I may be a bit biased, but the Bog River Falls and Bridge over the Bog River Falls at the head of Big Tupper Lake in Franklin/St. Lawrence Counties seem to me to qualify for both lists.
1. St. Regis Canoe Area
2. 10 Waterfall Hike from ausable club
3. Wilmington Notch
4. Whiteface
5. Ski Jumps
6. Split Rock Falls
7. The Barn on breezy acres :-)
Natural -
1. Split Rock Falls
2. The View from atop Whiteface
3. Ausable Chasm
4. The Cascades
5. St. Regis, Black Pond, the Canoe Area
6. Natural Stone Bridge & Caves
7. Winter-into-Spring
Man Made -
1. The Ghost Town at Tahawus
2. Trail System (the country's largest!)
3. White Pine (and all the Great Camps)
4. House of Frankenstein
5. Adirondack Scenic Railroad
6. The Goldmine in Bloomingdale (RIP)
7. The Ice Palace(s)
sglHow 'bout a little geographical balance.
For a natural wonder, I nominate Griffen Gorge on the East Branch of the Sacandaga.
For a manmade wonder, I suggest driving down route 8 a few miles from the above mentioned gorge to the ruins of the old Fox Lair Estate which is both manmade and man un-made!
Ausable Chasm, Jay Covered Bridge/Swimming Hole (both natural and man-made), Silver Lake Bog, Whiteface Memorial Highway.
The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace for man-made.
The place I can go back to time and again is both a natural and a man made wonder of the Adirondacks. It is the VIC at Paul Smiths. The visitor center is delightful year round. There is nothing like eating your lunch on a sunny winter afternoon watching the birds at the feeders. Each spring young wildlife appear in the least expected place - a mother merganser and her ducklings sunning themselves on a rock beside the Heron Marsh Trail and the bursting forth of Trillium. Summer brings the pleasure of resting at one of the overlooks on the Shingle Mill Falls Trail and there is no place more lovely in the fall with the blaze of maples and the subtlety of hemlocks.
The Adirondack Ice Fisherman
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