ASS ER OC V IA I T R I E O L N B A Au Sable River Watershed S U A Traveler’s Guide to River and Scenic Byway Resources A Key to Symbols Fishing access Boat Launch Swimming Canoe / kayak Cross country ski area Downhill / Alpine ski area Hiking / Walking Trail Rock / Ice climbing CLINTON COUNTY ESSEX COUNTY Mountain biking Bird Watching Picnicking Camping Golf course Food Lodging Gas Ferry / Boat tour Airport For Additional Information Scenic railroad Area Information Regional Information Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau Whiteface Mountain Olympic Center, 216 Main Street Regional Visitor’s Bureau Visitor information center Lake Placid, NY 12946 P.O. Box 277 800-447-5224 Wilmington, NY 12997 www.lakeplacid.com 888-WHITEFACE (944-8332) Arts Center 518-946-2255 Plattsburgh / North Country www.whitefaceregion.com Chamber of Commerce 7061 Route 9, P.O. Box 310 Adirondack Mountain Club Historic bridge Plattsburgh, NY 12901 P.O. Box 867 518-563-1000 Heart Lake Road www.northcountrychamber.com Lake Placid, NY 12946-0867 800-395-8080 Historic site Adirondack Regional Tourism Council www.adk.org P.O. Box 2149 Plattsburgh, NY 12901 Lake Champlain Bikeways Clearinghouse 518-846-8016 / 800-487-6867 c/o Local Motion Trailside Center Museum www.adirondacks.org 1 Steele Street #103 Burlington, VT 05401 Lake Champlain Visitors Center & 802-652-BIKE phone/fax Champlain Valley Heritage Network www.champlainbikeways.org Olympic site 814 Bridge Road Crown Point, NY 12928 Lake Champlain Basin Program 518-597-4646 / 866-THE-LAKE P.O. Box 204 www.lakechamplainregion.com 54 West Shore Road Scenic/Geologic Interest Grand Isle, VT 05458 Adirondack Scenic Railroad 802-372-3213 19 Depot Street 800-468-5227 Saranac Lake, NY 12983 www.lcbp.org Olympic Trail Scenic Byway 518-891-3238 www.adirondackrr.com NYS Tourism 1-800-CALL-NYS Friends of the North Country Area www.iloveny.com Route 73 Scenic Byway 1A Mill Street Keeseville, NY 12944 www.ausablefyfishing.com 518-834-9606 888-944-8332 Town of Keene www.adirondack.net www.keene-keenevalley.com A Sampler of Annual Events www.adirondacklinks.com Town of Jay www.jayny.com www.bikeadirondacks.org January, Mountain Fest-Keene July, Ironman Triathlon-Lake Placid February, Empire State Games-Lake Placid August, Native American Festival-Wilmington; High New York State Agencies Peaks Arts & Antiques Show-Marcy Field-Keene Valley; March, March Madness at Whiteface-Wilmington Miracles of Gold Ice Show-Lake Placid; Jay Craft Fair- NYS Adirondack Park Agency Jay www.northnet.org/adirondackparkagency/ May, Ausable River Two-fly Contest-Wilmington The information portrayed on this map has been collected and provided September, Scottish Highland Festival-Wilmington; by several sources. It has not been independently verified and is subject NYS Department of Environmental Conservation June, Whiteface Mountain Uphill Foot Race- Annual Olympic Car Show-Lake Placid; Adirondack to change without notice. To verify locations and access to features on www.dec.state.ny.us Wilmington; Lake Placid Film Forum-Lake Placid; Lake High Peaks Dog Training Club Dog Show-Lake Placid this map, please contact one of the sources of additional information listed Placid Horse Show-Lake Placid; I Love New York Horse elsewhere in this publication. Show-Lake Placid; Whiteface Mountain Uphill Bike October, Oktoberfest-Wilmington Race-Wilmington The Ausable Chasm Bridge, NYS Route 9 This East Branch 24 Parking, Route 86 Trail to Copperas Pond. Main Branch bridge, c. 1934, became the primary crossing over 17 of the Au Sable River 10 Keene Mt. Van Hovenberg of the Au Sable River Ausable Chasm, and provides excellent views of the North on NYS Route 73 and North on NYS Route 9N Winter Recreation Area/Verizon Sports NYS Route 9N North to Route 9 North through Au Chasm. through Saint Huberts, Keene Valley, Keene, Upper Jay, Complex, North Elba Site of Bobsled, Luge, and 25 Wilmington Notch State Campground, Sable Forks, Clintonville, Keeseville to the Ausable Marsh Jay, into AuSable Forks Wildlife Management Area on Lake Champlain Rainbow Falls, NYS Route 9 Rainbow Falls is the 11 Skeleton tracks, plus cross country skiing, snowshoeing Wilmington The Jackrabbit Trail, Alstead Hill Road, and mountain biking. upper part of Ausable Chasm, unique among the gorges Keene Located at the very end of Alstead Hill Road is and falls of the Ausable in that it cuts through Potsdam 1 the beginning, if you like uphill, or the end of the sandstone rather than the crystalline rocks of the Chapel Pond, Route 73 The 26 33 Au Sable Forks Jackrabbit Trail. This trail is approximately 35 miles of 18 Whiteface mountains. In some areas the Chasm’s walls are 175 cliffs on the other side of Chapel Pond are often nesting cross-country ski trail over public and private land MacKenzie-Intervale Ski Jumping Mountain Ski Center, Route 86, Wilmington Site vertical feet. sites for Peregrine Falcons. maintained by the Adirondack Ski Touring Council. The Complex, Lake Placid View winter and summer ski of the Olympic skiing events in 1980, Whiteface trail is named in memory of Herman "Jack Rabbit" jumping, as well as ride the chairlift to the 26 story Mountain is open for Alpine skiing and snowboarding Johannsen. There is no fee but membership with the elevator which will bring you to the observation deck 34 37 2 in winter, plus mountain biking and scenic gondola rides Rolling Mill Hill Bridge, Rolling Mill Port Kent Roaring Brook Falls, Route 73 ASTC is appreciated. atop the K120 tower. during the summer. Hill Road, Au Sable Forks This is a Pratt Through Truss iron bridge built in 1879, one of the oldest bridges of 38 19 this type in New York State. Carpenter's Flats Bridge, NYS 3 12 John Brown's Farm, Lake Placid The 27 Route 9 This is a Warren Through Truss bridge built in Parking, Route 73, St. Huberts Trail to Jay farm and burial site of abolitionist John Brown are Parking, Route 86, Wilmington Trail to Giant Mountain. Whiteface Mountain and the Flume. 1941, spanning the Ausable River 2.5 miles north of located just outside the village of Lake Placid. During Ausable Chasm. the mid-1800’s, Brown helped freed slaves establish 35 Village of new lives in this area. Keeseville Keeseville’s early history can be viewed 13 4 Covered Bridge, Jay 28 through its historic buildings and bridges: Parking, Route 73, Keene Valley Trails 39 to High Peaks. The Jay Covered Bridge was built in 1857-58. It currently awaits restoration after being moved from its original Wilmington - The Ausable Horse Nail company buildings 20 Parking, Heart Lake Road, North Elba, site, and will be converted to a pedestrian bridge. This c. 1847 Ausable Marsh Wildlife Management is the only remaining covered bridge in the Adirondack Trails to High Peaks. 5 Area/Ausable Point State Campground This Keene Valley region. 29 Parking, Wilmington Trail to Marble - Old Brewery c. 1850 is the point where the Ausable River meets Lake Mountain. Champlain. The 580 acre area is managed by the NYS - Grange Hall c. 1856 21 Heart Lake, North Department of Environmental Conservation for recreation 6 14 Parking Elba Trails to High Peaks. and scientific study. The area supports a large number Parking, Keene Valley Parking, Trails to , Route 73, Keene, Trail to Pitchoff - Masonic Lodge c. 1852 of bird species, both nesting and migratory. Mountain. John’s Brook Lodge, High Peaks. 30 Whiteface Mountain Veteran's Memorial Highway, Wilmington This - Upper Bridge c. 1878 Pratt Through Truss Bridge, oldest of its kind in NYS. 22 scenic toll route was dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt 40 7 in 1935. Drive nearly to the summit, and complete your Wickham Marsh Wildlife Marcy Field, Route West Branch ascent by walking a trail or riding an elevator through - Swing Bridge c. 1888 Iron suspension bridge, Management Area The primary management 73, Keene Valley Trails to Blueberry and Porter Mountains. solid rock to the observation area for 360-degree views. one of only ten ever built and one of two objective for this 862 acre area is to provide nesting of the Au Sable River surviving. The Atmospheric Science Research Station is also located and feeding habitat for a variety of waterfowl through River Road (Essex County Route 21), Route 86, Haselton the use of water level control structures, ditching, shoreline 8 Road (Essex County Route 12), Silver Lake Road (Clinton on this road, with research equipment in place at The Kame, Route 73 & 9N Whiteface’s peak. - Stone Arch Bridge c. 1843 Arched sandstone clearing, and nest box construction. Foot trails allow intersection, Keene Once thought to be an Indian burial County Route 1) skirting the village of Lake Placid, masonry bridge, 110 feet long, the largest viewing of points of interest, scenic vistas, and seventeen ground, the Kame is actually a feature from the Ice Age; through Wilmington and Black Brook into AuSable Forks Town of North Elba & single span stone arch bridge in the US, as different ecological communities. Village of Lake Placid noted by the National Park Service. it was the base of a 5,000 foot high glacial waterfall. 31 Wilmington Bridge, Route 86, Wilmington 15 Cascade Lakes, North Elba This bridge, built in 1935, is representative of bridge 9 architecture and aesthetics in the early automobile era. The Walton Bridge, Hull's Falls Road 23 West Branch Catch and Release, 36 The Old State Road Bridge, to Gristmill Road, Keene The Walton Bridge, circa 1890, Wilmington & North Elba Five miles of the West Branch Old Chasm Road, Ausable Chasm Once part of is a lenticular iron truss bridge formerly located over 16 of the Ausable River are designated by NYSDEC as 32 the main North-South travel route for this area, the the Black Brook in the town of Black Brook, moved to Parking, Route 73, North Elba Trails to “Catch and release, artificials only.” The Ausable supports Taylor Pond State Campground, Old State Road Bridge, c.1890, affords a spectacular this location in 1925.