Part of the Link Trail will be used to connect the Adirondacks with the FLT.OOPS! I wanted to see the New York pictures.
all links checked and working as of 3/20/00
The Adirondack Mountain Club provides lots of info about outdoor activities in the mountains.
Part of the Link Trail will be used to connect the Adirondacks with the FLT.
The Central NY Chapter of the NCTA maintains trail that connects the FLT to the Adirondacks.
The Finger Lakes Trail is concurrent with many of the NCT miles in Western New York. Their site gives information on all sections of the trail.
Trail Monkey has info to help plan a hike and a couple of pictures.
Dan Eckstrom provides a map of the FLT through Tompkins County, and excellent detailed info.
Find info and a few pictures about the Allegany State Park here.
New York State Info
For a map of NY counties, and a brief historical sketch of each, try the Hope Farm Press site. There are well-organized links to further information.
In western NY the trail passes through the land of the Seneca Nation of Indians.
Check out this beautiful collection of historical NY maps originally drawn prior to 1830.
See Olga's Thumbnail Sketch of NYS tectonic history for a brief geology of the Adirondacks .
Union College has information on fossils you may find in central to western New York. Don't be put off by the chart you see first on this page (it's a locator for actual finds along the Mohawk Valley); go down the page and click on the taxa names. You'll get another chart, but also a drawing of the fossil.
Dan Eckstrom has collected wonderful photos of wildflowers and fungi from western NY.
The highly respected Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology gives you multiple choices for learning more about birds.
Cornell and the National Audubon Society have teamed up to present Birdsource with links to bird counts, learning opportunities, a bird of the week and more. Here's their New York watchlist.
Here's an on-line field guide for everything from insects, through birds and mammals, trees and flowers, with a place to create a life list of animals. This is a great site! e-Nature
Located in Eastern NY, the Pine Bush is one of the few remaining habitats for the endangered Karner Blue butterfly.
Since there is no official route through the Adirondacks yet, anything counts! See Del Hildebrand's favorite Adirondack pictures.
Wilderness Expeditions took a snowy hike up Mt. Marcy.
More views of Mt. Marcy and a the trail by Lake Tear of the Clouds hiked by Al.