New York

Long Lake–Newcomb corridor

Autumn Guide ↗ put the peak at Adirondack Railroad around October 9. That day has gone, so the newest pictures below are the truer guide to what is left on the trees.

Photographs of Long Lake–Newcomb corridor and the country around it, newest first. Each is shown with the day it was taken.

Photographs by date

Spruce in the foreground gives way to valleys and lower slopes just starting to show red and rust among the green, under a clear sky. — High Peaks from Mount Adams fire tower
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mount Adams fire tower, High Peaks, New York
Original source photograph ↗

A white steeple and houses sit in a bank of orange, red and yellow trees, with mist hanging over the conifers above and a marsh in front. — Long Lake church in morning mist
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by djrocks66 · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Long Lake, New York
Original source photograph ↗

A steep hillside is packed with maples in red, orange and yellow among a few green trees, with cloud lifting off the ridges behind. — Indian Lake hillside in full colour
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by djrocks66 · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Indian Lake area, Adirondacks, New York
Original source photograph ↗

Red and orange crowns border a wetland with green conifers and pale trunks. The open marsh and wooded hills give a broad Adirondack view. The original white border remains visible. — Autumn wetlands near Floodwood
Photograph · September 29, 2026
Photograph by danny wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Floodwood and Santa Clara area, Adirondacks, New York
Original source photograph ↗

Bright red and yellow crowns stand among darker conifers along the Adirondack shoreline, reflected in the water below. — Autumn near Tupper Lake
Photograph · September 29, 2026
Photograph by Danny Wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Tupper Lake area, Adirondacks, New York
Original source photograph ↗

Tall gold, orange and red trees line a two-lane road, interspersed with green foliage. — The road between Long Lake and Newcomb
Photograph · September 26, 2026
Photograph by Norma Taylor via NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved ↗
Long Lake–Newcomb road area, New York
Original source photograph ↗

Blue Mountain rises over the lake with its lower slopes turning red and orange above a dark band of shoreline conifers. — Blue Mountain over Blue Mountain Lake
Photograph · September 25, 2026
Photograph by elsewhereness · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Blue Mountain Lake, New York
Original source photograph ↗

Earlier autumns

Taken between mid-September and mid-October in earlier years, these show how the season runs here.

2025

From the bare summit rock, Middle Saranac Lake and its islands lie in a wide forest of rust, red and dark green toward far ridges. — Middle Saranac Lake from Ampersand
Photograph · October 7, 2025
Photograph by Miche & Jon Rousell · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Ampersand Mountain, near Saranac Lake, New York
Original source photograph ↗

A row of white chairs faces the lake toward low mountains covered in rust and red, with orange trees on the left shore. — Blue Mountain Lake from the beach
Photograph · October 5, 2025
Photograph by Pete Hirschey · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Blue Mountain Lake, New York
Original source photograph ↗

A pond and open boat shelter sit among pines and hardwoods still mostly green, with one tree turning orange behind the roofline. — Museum pond at Blue Mountain Lake
Photograph · October 4, 2025
Photograph by Pete Hirschey · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Adirondack Experience, Blue Mountain Lake, New York
Original source photograph ↗

A shoreline of yellow and orange hardwoods with dark spruce is mirrored exactly in calm water under a pale sky. — Newcomb lakeshore doubled in still water
Photograph · September 24, 2025
Photograph by NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Newcomb, New York
Original source photograph ↗

A wide view from a height over rolling forest just turning, gold and green with scattered red maples, toward a ring of blue peaks. — Forest above Long Lake
Photograph · September 21, 2025
Photograph by Mountain Visions · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Above Long Lake, New York
Original source photograph ↗

2013

2012

2011

2008

About these views

Compare the photographs around this area and their dates; their captions identify the setting and any location uncertainty.

Photographs by date

High Peaks from Mount Adams fire tower

Long Lake church in morning mist

Indian Lake hillside in full colour

Autumn wetlands near Floodwood

Autumn near Tupper Lake

The road between Long Lake and Newcomb

Blue Mountain over Blue Mountain Lake

Earlier autumns

2025

Middle Saranac Lake from Ampersand

Blue Mountain Lake from the beach

Museum pond at Blue Mountain Lake

Newcomb lakeshore doubled in still water

Forest above Long Lake

2013

Blue Mountain Lake islands from above

2012

Long Lake village under its hillside

Long Lake and the hill beyond

2011

Indian Lake rest area view, Route 30

2008

Long Lake north from Route 30

About these views