The Adirondacks Park was established by the New York State Legislature in 1892. Originally conceived simply as an area in which additions to the Forest Preserve would be concentrated, the Park has evolved into an unprecedented blending of public and private lands where people live in a landscape whose historic character and natural environment are protected.

Of the 6 million acres encircled by the Park's boundary, or blue line, nearly 3.5 million acres are privately owned. The Park's many towns and villages are home to 130,000 people. The lumber and paper industries, tourism, construction and mining are major sources of employment for the Park residents.

The wonderful wildlife habitat of the Adirondacks offers a teaming fifty-four species of mammals and 200 species of birds. White-tailed deer, black bear, bobcat, ruffed grouse, fisher, pine marten, beaver, coyote and the recent migrant, the moose, along with migrating and nesting songbirds, mergansers, great blue heron, the common loon and the barred owl are commonly counted. The water habitats of this vast region include cold trout streams, glacial ponds, deep sparkling lakes, quiescent marshes, acid bogs and evergreen swamps. Upland communities include both evergreen and hardwood forest of various ages and alpine zones on the highest mountaintops.

The Warren County / Lake George Region has been touted by the Wall Street Journal's July 1999 Smart Money Magazine as one of eight best family travel destinations in America.