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Question: This old gondola sits alongside an entrance road to a state campground. What town is the campground and old ski relic located in?
Answer: Town of Newcomb. You can see it when you are driving to Lake Harris State Campground. — Question: This old gondola sits alongside an entrance road to a state campground. What town is the campground and old ski relic located in? Answer: Town of Newcomb. You can see it when you are driving to Lake Harris State Campground.

Question: What is the name of this popular high elevation lake?
Answer: Avalanche Lake, which is located in the High Peaks Wilderness. — Question: What is the name of this popular high elevation lake? Answer: Avalanche Lake, which is located in the High Peaks Wilderness.

Question: In which town does this veterans’ memorial reside?
Answer: Long Lake. — Question: In which town does this veterans’ memorial reside? Answer: Long Lake.

Question: Can you name this island? Hint: It's located on one of the most scenic lakes in the Adirondacks, and the island itself has rarely ever been visited by humans due to its protected status.
Answer: Dome Island on Lake George. — Question: Can you name this island? Hint: It's located on one of the most scenic lakes in the Adirondacks, and the island itself has rarely ever been visited by humans due to its protected status. Answer: Dome Island on Lake George.

Question: Can you name this set of rapids that is popular with whitewater enthusiasts?
Answer: Permanent Rapids on the Saranac River in Bloomingdale. — Question: Can you name this set of rapids that is popular with whitewater enthusiasts? Answer: Permanent Rapids on the Saranac River in Bloomingdale.

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On his many travels around the Adirondack region, Mike Lynch, multimedia reporter for the Adirondack Explorer, often snaps pics of destinations and landmarks.

These five places were highlighted in a Name that Place” contest that ran on the Explorer homepage July 27-31.

Test your Adirondack Park knowledge by seeing how many of these five places you know.

Congrats to “ADK Dave” aka David Brouwer of Potsdam, for correctly identifying all five places.

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