Adirondack Journal and Art.
NY Wilds gathers journal entries, paintings, and field-made notes shaped by mountains, water, roads, towers, and the long memory of the Adirondacks.
The work here is meant to feel rooted and readable: a calmer publication structure, clearer paths into the archive, and a stronger sense of where each story comes from.
Browse the map, then go deeper.
Orientation first. Exactness only when it makes sense.
The map ties everything to place — find journal entries, art, and field notes by the region they came from rather than by date or category.
Each entry is tied to where it happened — useful for trip planning or for finding what else exists near a place you already know.
Blue Mountain
A high, central Adirondack landmark with winter light, packed trail, and one of the park’s great fire tower views.
Stillwater
A quiet shoulder-season tower walk where open woods and broad views make the landscape readable again.
Cedar River Flow
Art and water memory tied to reeds, open flow, Wakely Dam, and the long pull of the surrounding country.
Themes that organize the work.
Lookouts, summit climbs, and the old watchtower spine of the Adirondacks.
Stillwater Fire Tower in the Secret Season
An easy shoulder-season climb with open woods, clear light, and a tower view that pulls Tug Hill, the High Peaks, and the Fulton Chain into one frame.
OpenPonds, rivers, flows, ice-out mornings, and the places where water shapes the story.
Mountain Pond Reborn
TL;DR: When the first open water shows up in the Adirondacks, brook trout, mud, thaw, and quiet all come back at once.
OpenWinter, shoulder season, thaw, and the changing feel of the same ground over time.
Mountain Pond Reborn
TL;DR: When the first open water shows up in the Adirondacks, brook trout, mud, thaw, and quiet all come back at once.
OpenPaintings, visual work, and the part of NY Wilds that turns field memory into art.
Into the Reeds — Cedar River Flow
An Adirondack scene shaped by reeds, open water, Wakely Dam, and the long presence of Wakely Mountain in the distance.
OpenApproaches, back roads, trail corridors, and the way travel itself shapes a place.
Recent field notes and entries.
Stillwater Fire Tower in the Secret Season
An easy shoulder-season climb with open woods, clear light, and a tower view that pulls Tug Hill, the High Peaks, and the Fulton Chain into one frame.
Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain in deep winter delivers a packed trail, strange snow pillars, and one of the Adirondacks' best fire tower views.
Backpacking Siamese Ponds
Fall overnite trip to explore the Siamese Ponds Wilderness
Art stays rooted in place.
Paintings and visual work are part of the same editorial world as the journal. The image carries atmosphere, but the story of the place stays attached.
Into the Reeds — Cedar River Flow
An Adirondack scene shaped by reeds, open water, Wakely Dam, and the long presence of Wakely Mountain in the distance.
This structure gives NY Wilds room to grow.
Today’s change establishes the homepage direction. Next stage: the dedicated map page, with markers for places, journal entries, art links, tooltip copy, and optional internal or external destinations.