Remote and Quiet, The Heart of the Adirondacks, Siamese Ponds Wilderness
Channel: Hike Long Lake
Date: 2023-05-29

The 115,000 acre Siamese Ponds Wilderness somehow gets less attention than better known Adirondack Wilderness areas; the High Peaks, The Five Ponds or West Canada Lakes. Maybe it lacks charisma. But what it does offer is exceedingly rare; remoteness, and quiet. Located in the heart of the wilderness, a little south and west of the Siamese Ponds, is a location that is over five miles from any road, about as far away from a road as you can get in the east. And to the south of that point are 50,000 trailless acres. You won't meet hikers playing music on their phones down there. Just be sure to bring your compass. 

References:
Project Remote: 
https://www.projectremote.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Adirondak-Explorer-Article.pdf

Siamese Ponds UMP:
https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/siameseump.pdf

Hair Ice:
https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2022/09/hair-ice-on-humphrey-mountain.html