About the Adirondack Atlas
The Adirondack Atlas maps the Adirondack Park’s history, trails, conservation and towns in one place:
historic maps under today’s, points of interest, hiking routes, current news stories pinned to where they happen,
and data about the Park’s towns.
Inspired by Jerry Jenkins’s 2004 book The Adirondack Atlas and advances in digital technology that drove
sites like the Adirondack Regional Geographic Information System (ARGIS), adirondackatlas.org was co-founded in 2014
by ARGIS Architect Steve Signell and John Warren, creator of the Adirondack Almanack and the New York Almanack.
The Atlas is currently maintained by Frontier Spatial, LLC,
located on the western coast of New England.
Using the map
Pick a tab to change what’s on the map, click anything on the map for details, and use the share button
beside the zoom controls to send someone the exact view you’re looking at.
Data and credits
- Historic USGS topographic maps, 1895–1910: NYS Adirondack Park Agency mosaic of USGS sheets
- Fire protection map, 1916: NYS Conservation Commission
- Land classification, 1973 to now, and lakes and streams: NYS Adirondack Park Agency (water from the USGS 3D Hydrography Program)
- State land unit plans: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
- 100 Great Hikes: Protect the Adirondacks
- Architecture: Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH)
- Places, trails and other points: Adirondack Atlas database, last updated March 2022
- Stream gauges: USGS, live
- Stories: Adirondack Almanack, North Country Public Radio, Protect the Adirondacks and other sources; each story links to the original
- Town data: US Census and election results compiled in the Adirondack Atlas database
- Basemap: Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors