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Adirondack Scenic Vistas
Whiteface Mountain, Wilmington/Lake Placid, area has a 4,872-foot summit that can be reached via Memorial Highway. The breathtaking Gondola Sky Ride at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center offers unique views of the Adirondack High Peaks, and the Olympic Region, as it climbs to the top of Little Whiteface peak.
Prospect Mountain in Lake George, off Route 9, offers vistas of Lake George and a 100-mile view of five states from a 2,030-foot summit.
Fall in the Adirondacks
Celebrate the Adirondack Harvest!
The season-long Adirondack Harvest celebration provides visitors with opportunities to meet farmers, visit farms, taste products and become Adirondack Harvest members. Members receive special mailings, dinner invitations, and various premiums from an Adirondack Harvest apron to the Three Farms DVD, gift baskets and the Adirondack Harvest Cookbook with lots of great ideas for serving local foods.
September 20 is the 4th Annual Cream Cheese Festival in downtown Lowville at Kraft Foods largest cream cheese manufacturing plan in the world. Enjoy the world’s largest cheesecake, contests, entertainment, artists, Children’s Discovery Park, raffles.: 315-376-8688
September Mondays, 2-6pm, October Saturdays, 9am-1pm, are Mini-Market days at Lowville Farmers Market. The market accepts WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program food coupons; Lewis County Fairgrounds Forest Park Pavilion, Lowville. 315-376-5270
Saturday, September 27, 10:30am-5pm, Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County’s Harvest Festival includes a Farmers’ market, foods, activities, pet the farm animals: sheep, goats, pig, beef calves; tractor safety, hay rides, sorghum sudangrass maze, pick & paint pumpkins, dog agility class. 315-379-9192
The Lewis County Chamber of Commerce Fall Foliage Tour on October 4, 11am-4pm, Lowville Dairy Producers Cooperative, Lowville, (next to the giant cow!) is where you’ll find they’ve “got good cheese” and cheese curd made with local milk, maple products, Croghan bologna, and many locally made goodies. 315-376-5270, 376-3921
Fall Fests continue at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake October 4-5, 10am - 5pm, where you can fall into the fun at the second annual Adirondack Harvest Festival with hands-on activities, music, and demonstrations. 518/352-7311
October 11-13 join in the fun at the 1st Annual Thurman Farm Tour and Harvest Dinner. Learn about local agriculture at farms and enjoy dinner at an authentic 1824 restaurant, The Grist Mill on The Schroon, featuring freshly harvested produce and other farm products from Warren County farms. 518-623-3291, 518-668-4881
Farmer's Markets abound in this season of color and taste in the Adirondacks!
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Things to see
Where to eat The Maples, 8482 Rte 12, Lowville 13367 315/376-6181
Good Ol' Wishy's, Main St, Rte 812, Croghan 315/346-6728
Memories Restaurant, Number Four Rd, Lowville 315/376-6650
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