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Blue Ridge Wilderness Area

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trails leading to them from Route 28. The forest cover is typical mixed hardwood-softwood types with the higher elevations predominantly covered with spruce and balsam. Most of the old growth spruce and hemlock suffered heavy damage in the 1950 blow down, which affects the character of the area even to this day.
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It is dominated by Blue Ridge, a height of land ranging from 2,700 to 3,497 feet (823 to 1,066 m) in elevation and running in a general east-west direction for a distance of more than six miles. On the lower north slopes of the ridge there are a number of attractive little trout ponds with foot
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The Blue Ridge Wilderness is easily accessible along most of its perimeter. A portion of the 138-mile (222 km)
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runs from the south boundary northward to the vicinity of Stephens Pond and
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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Index

IUCN category
wilderness area
Map showing the location of Blue Ridge Wilderness Area
Adirondack Park
New York
USA
Blue Mountain Lake, NY
43°46′50″N 74°34′11″W / 43.78051°N 74.56975°W / 43.78051; -74.56975
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Wilderness Area
Forest Preserve
Adirondack Park
Arietta
Lake Pleasant
Indian Lake
Hamilton County
NY 28
Cedar River Flow
Sagamore Lake
Raquette Lake
lean-tos
Northville-Placid Trail
Lake Durant
Blue Mountain Lake
List of Wilderness Areas in the Adirondack Park
"Adirondack State Land Master Plan"
https://www.ny.gov/agencies/adirondack-park-agency
Categories
IUCN Category Ib
Wilderness areas in Adirondack Park

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