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The Adirondack Mountains are contained within the of the Adirondack Park, which includes a constitutionally protected Forest Preserve of approximately.

About 43 % of the land is owned by the state, with 57 % private inholdings, heavily regulated by the Adirondack Park Agency.

The Adirondack Park contains thousands of streams, brooks and lakes, most famously Lake Placid, adjacent to the village of Lake Placid, two-time site of the Winter Olympic Games, the Saranac Lakes, favored by the sportsmen who made the Adirondacks famous, and Raquette Lake, site of many of the first Great Camps.