WILMINGTON — The Ausable Freshwater Center is launching the sixth year of its guided watershed tours in the AuSable watershed and beyond. These tours are free to the public and include paddling, hiking and other interpretive programs. Gear is available for tour participants to use when ...

LAKE PLACID — The John Brown Farm State Historic Site will host a Civil War encampment weekend from Friday, Aug. 9 to Sunday, Aug. 11 featuring historians and reenactors from the Black Phalanx Brigade and Fort Tribute. The weekend will include an encampment, demonstrations, films and ...

LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Land Trust announced Tuesday, Aug. 6 that the Cobble Hill trail off Mirror Lake Drive will be temporarily closed for trail work through the end of the work week, Friday, Aug. 9, and again from Monday, Aug. 12 to Thursday, Aug. 15. Professional trail builders ...

LAKE PLACID — To maintain the Adirondack Rail Trail and keep it open for all to use, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Rail Trail Association, the friends group, worked together to create rules and etiquette for the trail. The following list for ...

LAKE PLACID — What is the most quintessential summer activity? Picnicking! And what’s a picnic without a view? The Olympic Region is full of beautiful sights with many picnic spots to match. I visited a few locations to see what they had to offer. - Lake Placid - Starting at ...

LAKE PLACID — Under a bright sun and through a gentle breeze on Tuesday, July 16, I took an e-bike on the Adirondack Rail Trail for the first time. I started on the trail in Lake Placid, near the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society’s museum at the old train station on Station ...