ADK Taste Guide

09/10/2026

September in the Adirondacks is showing off a little.

🛶 275 boats are taking on 90 miles from Old Forge to Saranac Lake.

🐎 Newcomb is marking 125 years since Theodore Roosevelt's extraordinary ride through the Adirondacks toward the presidency.

🎻 Silver Bay is filling the shores of Lake George with three days of bluegrass, folk and Americana.

And those are just three of the events ADK Taste has hand-picked for this weekend.

So, what's your Adirondack personality this weekend?

🛶 Paddler
🐎 History buff
🎻 Music lover

👇 Pick one.

👉 Full weekend guide in the first comment.

09/09/2026

🍁 The Adirondacks could be in for a spectacular fall.

AccuWeather has named upstate New York one of the country's most promising places for vibrant fall foliage in 2026.

And here's where it gets interesting: recent weather in the Adirondacks offers some encouraging signs of its own.

We dug into the forecast, National Weather Service data and the science behind brilliant fall color to find out what it could mean for this year's Adirondack foliage season—and when and where leaf peepers should start watching.

Spoiler: There is no single "peak foliage weekend" in the Adirondacks. And that's actually good news.

🍂 Our 2026 Adirondack Fall Foliage Forecast is in the first comment.

09/07/2026

Something’s out there. 👣

Some Adirondackers have heard enormous knocks in the woods. Others report strange vocalizations, footprints—or encounters they've been reluctant to talk about for decades.

On the new ADK Talks, Adirondack Bigfoot creator John Sheridan takes Jane and Steve inside the eyewitness stories and field investigations that send him across the Adirondack Park.

And here's what surprised us: John says most of the people who contact him weren't Bigfoot enthusiasts before their experience.

From Lake George and Brant Lake to Wells, Ticonderoga and Keeseville, we're going into the woods.

🎧 Something’s Out There: Searching for Bigfoot in the Adirondacks

New ADK Talks episode. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

09/04/2026

One of my favorite Adirondack Labor Day traditions happens tomorrow night. Fire towers across the Park will be illuminated from 8:30–9 pm in honor of the observers who once watched over these forests. And it’s not a hike—the idea is to find a good vantage point and watch from below. We pulled together the story, towers and viewing locations.

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Tomorrow night, look up. 🔥

At 8:30 pm Saturday, historic fire towers across New York—including many here in the Adirondacks—will begin glowing on distant ridgelines.

Fire Towers Light the Night isn’t a hike. It’s an invitation to find a good vantage point, watch the mountains grow dark and wait for a tiny beacon to appear on the horizon.

The annual tradition honors the men and women who once staffed these towers, watching over Adirondack forests and communities. Volunteer Illuminators read the names of former fire observers before turning on the lights.

It lasts just 30 minutes. No fireworks. No fanfare. And that’s rather the point.

We’ve gathered the story behind this remarkable Adirondack tradition, where to watch, and what to know before the lights come on.

🔥 Fire Towers Light the Night
📅 Saturday, September 5
🕣 8:30–9 pm
🌧 Rain date: Sunday, September 6

Full guide in the first comment.

09/04/2026

Tomorrow night, look up. 🔥

At 8:30 pm Saturday, historic fire towers across New York—including many here in the Adirondacks—will begin glowing on distant ridgelines.

Fire Towers Light the Night isn’t a hike. It’s an invitation to find a good vantage point, watch the mountains grow dark and wait for a tiny beacon to appear on the horizon.

The annual tradition honors the men and women who once staffed these towers, watching over Adirondack forests and communities. Volunteer Illuminators read the names of former fire observers before turning on the lights.

It lasts just 30 minutes. No fireworks. No fanfare. And that’s rather the point.

We’ve gathered the story behind this remarkable Adirondack tradition, where to watch, and what to know before the lights come on.

🔥 Fire Towers Light the Night
📅 Saturday, September 5
🕣 8:30–9 pm
🌧 Rain date: Sunday, September 6

Full guide in the first comment.

09/03/2026

Still figuring out Labor Day Weekend? We did the homework. 🇺🇸

From glowing fire towers and fireworks to live music, classic cars, pirate cruises, street dancing and 3,500 rubber ducks making a run down the Moose River, there's a lot happening across the Adirondacks this long weekend.

We've hand-picked a dozen events worth knowing about and organized them by region—so whether you're headed to Lake George, the High Peaks, the Lake Champlain coast or the heart of the Park, you can spend less time searching and more time making plans.

See the complete ADK Taste Labor Day Weekend guide. 👇

And know about something great we missed? Tell us in the comments.

09/01/2026

You may have paddled part of America’s longest inland water trail without even knowing it. 🛶

The Northern Forest Canoe Trail begins in Old Forge and stretches 740 miles to Fort Kent, Maine, connecting lakes, rivers and communities across the Northeast.

And here's the part that surprised us: the legendary Adirondack Canoe Classic—the 90-Miler—follows roughly the first 90 miles of it.

We knew the 90-Miler. We had no idea it was part of something this big.

So we went digging.

Our new ADK Taste guide explores the Adirondack section of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, where to dip a paddle in without committing to 740 miles, and the people and stewardship behind it.

And on ADK Talks, NFCT Executive Director Karrie Thomas takes us deeper into the story.

Did you know about the NFCT—or is this news to you, too?

08/31/2026

🍎 Think you know apples?

Spend an hour with third-generation apple grower Jenna Mulbury, and that familiar piece of fruit starts to look remarkably complicated.

Jenna is co-owner and operator of Northern Orchard in Peru, NY, a commercial orchard with roots stretching back to 1906.

In our newest ADK Talks, she takes us behind the scenes of modern apple growing in the Champlain Valley: why this corner of northern New York is particularly good apple country, the science and technology behind growing the fruit we take for granted, how apples stay fresh long after harvest—and what it means to help carry a multigenerational family farm into the future.

We also talk about women in agriculture, old apple varieties worth preserving, and the apple Jenna thinks Honeycrisp fans should try next. (We're looking for it now. 🍎)

🎧 Growing the Future: Women, Apples, and Adirondack Agriculture

Part of our Women in Agriculture series, produced in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension Clinton County.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Link in the first comment.

08/28/2026

Albert Einstein loved sailing. There was just one problem: he couldn't swim.

During one of the six summers he spent on Saranac Lake, Einstein's sailboat capsized—and a 10-year-old local boy came to his rescue.

But that's only part of Einstein's remarkable Adirondack story. He came here for privacy, sailing and music, spent summers at Knollwood on Lower Saranac Lake—and was there when news of Hiroshima reached him in August 1945.

We've revisited one of ADK Taste's most-read stories with new details about Albert Einstein in the Adirondacks.

👇 Full story in the first comment.

08/24/2026

Do you remember this Lake George?

Storytown. Roadside motels. Cabin colonies. Water-ski schools. Nightclubs where you could dance until 3 am. And the family car packed for two weeks at the lake.

After World War II, Lake George transformed from a summer retreat for the wealthy into one of the Northeast's great family vacation destinations.

On the new ADK Talks, Lisa Hall of The Bolton Museum and Tony Hall, Editor of the Lake George Mirror, take us back to that remarkable era—and reveal why the story is about much more than nostalgia.

🎧 Storytown, Motels, and Summer Memories: How Lake George Became America's Vacation Paradise

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.