As the largest protected area in the lower 48 states with over 2,000 miles of hiking trails and 46 mountains that qualify as "high peaks," New York's Adirondack Mountains are often called the ...

Towering over the other 45 Adirondack peaks and located deep in the High Peaks Wilderness of Upstate New York, Mount Marcy measures an impressive 5,344 feet in elevation and will leave your legs ...

In the Adirondack High Peaks on Saturday, sunrise will be at about 6:43 am and sunset at about 7:18 pm. Cold and unsettled ...

Most backcountry gates closed for mud season. Waters around the region well above normal. At Lake Colden, 2,700 feet, there remains about 2 feet of snow.

Non-forest alpine plant communities exist on 11 of the Adirondack’s highest peaks, comprising a total of only 85 acres. Here, scattered amongst exposed rock surfaces encrusted with a wide variety of ...

Spring is busting out all over in the Northern Hemisphere, and in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, early spring is when different seasons mix and sometimes collide. NPR's Brian Mann and North ...

(Related: The Adirondack Mountains are in the midst of a revival—here's why.) One of the best ways to experience the rail trail is by bike, where the first section of the trail includes a 6.7 ...

Here in Mexico City, the jacarandas are in their full purple splendor. Farther north in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, early spring is when different seasons mix and sometimes collide.