Adirondack Mountains
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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The region is a resort area.
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“Under the Falls,” Richard Russo’s first full-blown thriller in his 40-year career, doesn’t start with a shocking murder, but a three-page meditation on the Adirondack Mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
A bull moose who won’t budge has closed down a popular hiking trail in the Adirondack Mountains.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
New York’s 21st Congressional District borders Canada and Vermont — and includes the Adirondack Mountains, the Thousand Islands region and Fort Drum‚ home of the Army’s legendary 10th Mountain Division.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
One of Thomas' trips he was to Crow's lodge in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York, while the others were to Dallas, where he spoke at conferences sponsored by the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2023
Directly northward the rugged Adirondack Mountains stood in a green haze above the land.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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