Adirondacks
The Adirondack Park, an expanse of wilderness approximately the size of Vermont, is the oldest and largest protected area in the United States with the largest network of hiking trails in the country (more than 2,000 miles worth). The term 'vacation' was coined in the Adirondak region in the 1900s when city dwellers vacated the cities for the cooler mountains in the summer to avoid fever. Today, vacationers come for the hiking, canoeing, cycling, camping, fishing and birdwatching.
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