NaChase
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I just got orders to join the 10th Mountain Division in Ft. Drum, NY (near Watertown), and I was wondering if there are any cool places to shoot in that area. I realize that most of my photography will probably be snowscapes...
Ft. Drum New York
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steelydam
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I'm originally a SoCal guy and have been in the AF 13 or so years and they've stuck me in some places where I didn't really think I wanted to live but at each place we've had a good time, met tons of great people, and I found plenty of cool stuff to aim (cameras) at. I don't know anything about the Ft. Drum area but Montreal is a great city not all that far away. I highly recommend a visit.
Mike Ip
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I was stationed at Fort Drum for 3 years (2nd Bde) .... It can get sort of boring there. That being said... Montreal is close by. Kingston is just across the lake. Alexandria Bay is nice in the summer, as is Sackets Harbor. Go a few miles northeast and you have tons of woods and wildlife.
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Ken Smith
Why yes Ma'am - it folds
Depends on what your definition of "cool places" is. If you're a city dude looking for an urban shooting gallery - well you're out of luck. Unless you hit the Salmon River at Puleski during the salmon runs - then it's a shutzenfest of combat fishing.
But if a short drive to the Adirondaks, fall foliage, ancient mountains, wilderness is up your alley - then enjoy. The Adirondaks in fall and winter is a wonderful thing to behold. The Tupper Lake/Saranac Lake area is cool. The Paul Smith's College area is a wonderful scenic area. Spent lots of time exploring those areas with flyrod in hand. I lived in Platsburgh for 5 years - the opposite end of the Adirondaks from Watertown. I now live in the northern Rocky Mountain area and still miss the Adirondaks.
But if a short drive to the Adirondaks, fall foliage, ancient mountains, wilderness is up your alley - then enjoy. The Adirondaks in fall and winter is a wonderful thing to behold. The Tupper Lake/Saranac Lake area is cool. The Paul Smith's College area is a wonderful scenic area. Spent lots of time exploring those areas with flyrod in hand. I lived in Platsburgh for 5 years - the opposite end of the Adirondaks from Watertown. I now live in the northern Rocky Mountain area and still miss the Adirondaks.
Atom
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You're only a few hours drive from Lake Placid. I also recommend Sackets Harbor.
rbiemer
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Start with this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Camps
And you will find some pretty cool places to visit.
The various "Great Camps" are in differing stages of use and preservation so there are different types of things to photograph; I work at what is generally considered the first of them (Camp Huntington or Pine Knot) and we are an educational facility. Some of the others are still in private hands and some are mostly abandoned.
If you get to Raquette Lake, let me know and I will give you a cup of coffee and a tour!
Not much for snow this year, we are at about half of the average and it doesn't look like that's going to change before the end of the season.
A bummer for the skiers, snowmobilers, and ice fishermen but it should also mean a few less black flies this next spring/summer! These little monsters are a small biting fly--about 1/8" long with about 2" of teeth!--that need small running streams or brooks to breed in. With the snowfall down so much, maybe they will have fewer places to breed. I hope. If you are going to be out in the woods in may and June, I would recommend at least a bug hat and as much DEET based bug spray as you can wear.
If nothing else, your stay at Ft. Drum will show you that NY is not all pavement!😀
Rob
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Camps
And you will find some pretty cool places to visit.
The various "Great Camps" are in differing stages of use and preservation so there are different types of things to photograph; I work at what is generally considered the first of them (Camp Huntington or Pine Knot) and we are an educational facility. Some of the others are still in private hands and some are mostly abandoned.
If you get to Raquette Lake, let me know and I will give you a cup of coffee and a tour!
Not much for snow this year, we are at about half of the average and it doesn't look like that's going to change before the end of the season.
A bummer for the skiers, snowmobilers, and ice fishermen but it should also mean a few less black flies this next spring/summer! These little monsters are a small biting fly--about 1/8" long with about 2" of teeth!--that need small running streams or brooks to breed in. With the snowfall down so much, maybe they will have fewer places to breed. I hope. If you are going to be out in the woods in may and June, I would recommend at least a bug hat and as much DEET based bug spray as you can wear.
If nothing else, your stay at Ft. Drum will show you that NY is not all pavement!😀
Rob
NaChase
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Thanks guys, this is all useful information. And Mike, I too am going to 2nd BDE.
Trius
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bigeye
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It isn't like CA in any way, except maybe language. If you like the outdoors, you'll like it.
Fall is the textbook definition of color and cool. The grouse hunting (armed hiking) can be wonderful. Winter is what you make of it (for me, it would be XC skiing, hiking, or snowmobiling). Spring is just a season of bad snowmobiling but Summer is sublime - find a lake, cabin, canoe and bicycle.
You'll be on the edge of the largest park in the lower-48 and NYC, Boston and Montreal are a bit of an effort, but accessible. There is a whole lot to explore.
What can you make of that?
-Charlie
Fall is the textbook definition of color and cool. The grouse hunting (armed hiking) can be wonderful. Winter is what you make of it (for me, it would be XC skiing, hiking, or snowmobiling). Spring is just a season of bad snowmobiling but Summer is sublime - find a lake, cabin, canoe and bicycle.
You'll be on the edge of the largest park in the lower-48 and NYC, Boston and Montreal are a bit of an effort, but accessible. There is a whole lot to explore.
What can you make of that?
-Charlie
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