Day 66 The Ultimate USA Road Trip Lake George Niagara Falls
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RouteXpert René Plücken (MRA Master)
Last edit: 17-10-2023
Route Summary I have further supplemented the Road Trip with even more special points that you can visit in the USA. Today we drive from Lake George New York to beautiful Niagara Falls. It is a long drive of over 560 kilometers with a number of beautiful stops.
We drive on beautiful winding roads through the green and hilly part of New York State. Multiple stops are planned along the route for points of interest and photo opportunities.
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10h 37m
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565.92 km
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RouteXpert Review We drive through the Adirondack Park which is part of the Forest Preserve in the state of New York. The park was established in 1892 for all people to use for their health and enjoyment, and for watershed protection. The boundary of the park roughly corresponds to the Adirondack Mountains. Unlike most state parks, about 52 percent of the land is privately owned. State lands in the park are known as Forest Preserve.
Land use on public and private lands in the park is regulated by the Adirondack Park Agency. This area contains 102 towns and villages, as well as numerous farms, businesses and an active timber industry.
About 132,000 residents live in this area and another 200,000 additional residents during the season. The inclusion of human communities makes the park one of the largest conservation experiments in the industrialized world. The forest preserve was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963.
The park's 6.1 million acres (2.5 million hectares) include more than 10,000 lakes, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, and a wide variety of habitats, including wetlands and an estimated 200,000 acres (80,937 hectares) of ancient forests. A beautiful area to drive in and there is a lot to see along the way.
Via Camden, where we stop briefly for a cup of coffee, we drive to the coast of Lake Ontario, where in the town of Oswego, where the British and Dutch settled in 1722 to facilitate the fur trade with the Indians.
During the French and Indian War, five local forts were built to protect the British supply route from Albany to Oswego. Fort Ontario is one of those forts built by the British to protect the area around the eastern side of Lake Ontario. The original Fort Ontario was built in 1755, during the French and Indian War, to reinforce the pre-existing defenses at Fort Oswego on the other side of the river. At the time it was called "The Fort of the Six Nations", but the fort was destroyed by French troops during the Battle of Fort Oswego in 1756 and rebuilt by British troops in 1759. This fort is well worth a visit.
Close to the fort is the Safe Haven Museum and Education Center, which tells the story of 982 mostly Jewish refugees who fled Europe in the US government's "Safe Haven" program. They came to the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in August 1944. You can consider planning a short visit to this museum.
Oswego has many good restaurants and is therefore certainly a suitable place to plan lunch.
After lunch we drive along the shores of Lake Ontario through Rochester to the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. This wetland and swampy area is a stopping place for waterfowl and other migratory birds and habitat for a variety of other animals.
The area used to be hunted by Native Americans and early settlers. The land was purchased by the State of New York to protect the wildlife from overhunting. Enjoy the drive through this scenic area and, if possible and safely, stop to take photos.
The end point of this beautiful but long drive are the Niagara Falls, these falls are among the largest and most famous waterfalls in the world. The waterfall consists of three parts: the “Horseshoe Falls”, the “American Falls” and the “Bridal Veil Falls”. They lie on the border between the United States and Canada between the cities of the same name, Niagara Falls in the US state of New York and Niagara Falls in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The cities are connected by the Rainbow Bridge, a bridge over the Niagara River, downstream from the falls. Born in Ath in what was then the Spanish Netherlands, the priest Louis Hennepin was the first white man to see and describe the falls in 1680.
Plan an extra day in Niagara Falls to enjoy this natural wonder and everything else this city has to offer. You can also consider a visit to Toronto in Canada, this metropolis is located about 130 km from Niagara Falls.
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New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It was one of the original thirteen colonies forming the United States. With a total area of 54,556 square miles (141,300 km2), New York is the 27th largest state geographically. Its population of more than 20 million people makes it the fourth most populous state in the United States as of 2020. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east; it has a maritime border with Rhode Island, east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the north and Ontario to the northwest. It is sometimes called New York State to distinguish it from New York City, its largest city.
With a population of 8,804,190 in 2020, New York City is the most populous city in the United States. Two-thirds of the state's population lives in the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous in the world. New York City is home to the United Nations Headquarters, and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, as well as the world's most economically powerful city. The next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, while the state capital is Albany.
New York has a diverse geography. The southern part of the state is in the Atlantic coastal plain and includes Long Island and several smaller associated islands, as well as New York City and the lower Hudson River Valley. The larger Upstate New York region comprises several ranges of the wider Appalachian Mountains, and the Adirondack Mountains in the northeastern lobe of the state. The north–south Hudson River Valley and the east–west Mohawk River Valley bisect these more mountainous regions. Western New York is part of the Great Lakes region and borders on the Great Lakes of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, as well as Niagara Falls. The central part of the state is dominated by the Finger Lakes, a popular vacation and tourist destination.
The area of present-day New York had been inhabited by tribes of the Algonquians and the Iroquois confederacy Native Americans for several hundred years by the time the earliest Europeans arrived. French colonists and Jesuit missionaries arrived southward from Montreal for trade and proselytizing. In 1609, the region was visited by Henry Hudson sailing for the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch built Fort Nassau in 1614 at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, where the present-day capital of Albany later developed. The Dutch soon also settled New Amsterdam and parts of the Hudson Valley, establishing the multiethnic colony of New Netherland, a center of trade and immigration. England seized the colony from the Dutch in 1664, with the Dutch recapturing their colony in 1673 before definitively ceding it to the English as a part of the Treaty of Westminster the following year. During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), a group of colonists of the Province of New York attempted to take control of the British colony and eventually succeeded in establishing independence. In the early 19th century, New York's development of its interior, beginning with the Erie Canal, gave it incomparable advantages over other regions of the east coast and built its political and cultural ascendancy.
Many landmarks in New York are well known, including four of the world's ten most-visited tourist attractions in 2013: Times Square, Central Park, Niagara Falls, and Grand Central Terminal. New York is also home to the Statue of Liberty. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance, and environmental sustainability. New York has approximately 200 colleges and universities, including the State University of New York. Several universities in New York have been ranked among the top 100 in the nation and world.
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With a population of 8,804,190 in 2020, New York City is the most populous city in the United States. Two-thirds of the state's population lives in the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous in the world. New York City is home to the United Nations Headquarters, and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, as well as the world's most economically powerful city. The next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, while the state capital is Albany.
New York has a diverse geography. The southern part of the state is in the Atlantic coastal plain and includes Long Island and several smaller associated islands, as well as New York City and the lower Hudson River Valley. The larger Upstate New York region comprises several ranges of the wider Appalachian Mountains, and the Adirondack Mountains in the northeastern lobe of the state. The north–south Hudson River Valley and the east–west Mohawk River Valley bisect these more mountainous regions. Western New York is part of the Great Lakes region and borders on the Great Lakes of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, as well as Niagara Falls. The central part of the state is dominated by the Finger Lakes, a popular vacation and tourist destination.
The area of present-day New York had been inhabited by tribes of the Algonquians and the Iroquois confederacy Native Americans for several hundred years by the time the earliest Europeans arrived. French colonists and Jesuit missionaries arrived southward from Montreal for trade and proselytizing. In 1609, the region was visited by Henry Hudson sailing for the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch built Fort Nassau in 1614 at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, where the present-day capital of Albany later developed. The Dutch soon also settled New Amsterdam and parts of the Hudson Valley, establishing the multiethnic colony of New Netherland, a center of trade and immigration. England seized the colony from the Dutch in 1664, with the Dutch recapturing their colony in 1673 before definitively ceding it to the English as a part of the Treaty of Westminster the following year. During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), a group of colonists of the Province of New York attempted to take control of the British colony and eventually succeeded in establishing independence. In the early 19th century, New York's development of its interior, beginning with the Erie Canal, gave it incomparable advantages over other regions of the east coast and built its political and cultural ascendancy.
Many landmarks in New York are well known, including four of the world's ten most-visited tourist attractions in 2013: Times Square, Central Park, Niagara Falls, and Grand Central Terminal. New York is also home to the Statue of Liberty. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance, and environmental sustainability. New York has approximately 200 colleges and universities, including the State University of New York. Several universities in New York have been ranked among the top 100 in the nation and world.
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