The word Adirondack is thought to come from the Mohawk word atirǫ́·taks meaning "eaters of trees". The earliest written use of the name was in 1635 by 展开

The rocks of the Adirondack mountains originated about two billion years ago as 50,000 feet (ca. 15,240 m) thick sediments at the bottom of a sea located near the equator. … 展开

The Adirondack Mountains form the southernmost part of the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion. They are heavily forested, and contain one of the southernmost distributions … 展开

• Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: Welcome to the Adirondacks
• Maps of Adirondack Park at DECinfo Locator 展开

The first humans to live in the Adirondacks were Paleo-Indians who arrived around the 14th millennium BC following the end of the Last Glacial Period. The earliest migrants arrived from the 展开

The climate is strongly continental, with high humidity and precipitation year-round. The Adirondacks typically experience pleasantly warm, rainy weather in the summer … 展开

• Marshall, Robert (1922). The High Peaks of the Adirondacks. Albany: The Adirondack Mountain Club. LCCN 22021955. 展开