Nature on the Great Sacandaga Lake .............

Wildlife

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The Adirondacks are home to black bears, white tailed deer, common loons, mergansers, bald eagles, beavers, coyotes, fishers, bobcats, brook and lake trout, land-locked salmon and more.

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A Great Collection of Upstate New York Wildflowers Photos

Trees and Wildflowers

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Its forests are comprised of hardwoods and softwoods, including maple, black cherry, beech, balsam fir, hemlock, Scotch and red pine and spruces of several varieties. Woodland wildflowers such as showy ladyslippers bloom in the spring, while many waterways are graced with white and yellow water lilies throughout the summer. There are several Alpine summits in the Adirondacks where rare plants thrive under adverse conditions. Hikers are cautioned to stay on paths or bare rocks when visiting these summits.

Geology

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The Adirondacks are part of the Canadian Shield. Contrary to popular belief, these mountains are not old, "worn down" peaks, but relatively young mountains born as a result of orogeny, or uplift, followed by etching and carving by mile-high glaciers. It is theorized that there is a geologic "hotspot" beneath the Adirondacks that is causing continuing uplift. The mountains continue to grow at the rate of 1.5 millimeters annually.

While the mountains themselves are young, the rock of which most are formed, anorthosite, is among the oldest of the various types found on earth.

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Birding in the Adirondacks

Information on Fish Species in the Sacandaga

Adirondack Wilderness Adventures - Back To Basics

The Adirondack Center

Lapland Lake  - Nordic Vacation Center

A black bear mother with her cub

A baby common loon hitches a ride on its mother’s back. Hatchlings are able to fly about 11 weeks after hatching.

A bobcat sitting on a rock

Wading on its long, thin legs, a great blue heron scouts for prey.


An osprey preparing to dive

Hiking

Canoeing

Boating

Biking

Fishing

Hunting

DEC Information