The Cedar River is a 38.5 miles (62 km) river in the central Adirondacks, in Hamilton County, New York

Hamilton County, New York

Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is named after Alexander Hamilton, the only member of the New York State delegation who signed the United States Constitution in 1787 and later the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. Its county seat is Lake Pleasant...

. It rises at the outlet of the Cedar Lakes in the town of Arietta

Arietta, New York

Arietta is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 293 at the 2000 census. The town was named after the mother of one of the first settlers, Rensselaer Van Rennslaer...

 and flows northeast into the town of Lake Pleasant

Lake Pleasant, New York

Lake Pleasant is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 876 at the 2000 census. It contains the county seat of Hamilton County, which is also called Lake Pleasant....

, where it passes through the Cedar River Flow. Continuing northeast and east, it passes through the town of Indian Lake

Indian Lake, New York

Indian Lake is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 1,471 at the 2000 census. The name is from a large lake partly inside the town.The Town of Indian Lake is on the east border of the county and is northeast of Utica....

 and remote corners of the towns of Minerva

Minerva, New York

Minerva is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 796 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Minerva, goddess of wisdom.The Town of Minerva is located in the southwest corner of the county...

 and Newcomb

Newcomb, New York

Newcomb is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 481 at the 2000 census.The Town of Newcomb is at the west border of the county. It is southwest of Plattsburgh, southwest of Burlington, VT, northeast of Utica, NY, north-northeast of Albany, NY, and ...

 to join the Hudson River

Hudson River

The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...

 northeast of the hamlet of Indian Lake. The Northville-Placid Trail

Northville-Placid Trail

The Northville-Lake Placid Trail, also known as the NPT, is a lightly travelled foot trail that runs 133 mi through the Adirondack Park in northern New York State. It was laid out by the Adirondack Mountain Club in 1922 and 1923, and is now maintained by the New York State Department of...

 goes past the Cedar Lakes and along the Cedar River to the Flow.

The Cedar River Flow is a remote 640 acres (2.6 km²) shallow lake, created by the Wakely Dam, where there are a number of campsite

Campsite

A campsite or camping pitch is a place used for overnight stay in the outdoors. In British English a campsite is an area, usually divided into a number of pitches, where people can camp overnight using tents or camper vans or caravans; this British English use of the word is synonymous with the...

s accessible via a gravel road, 14 miles (22.5 km) from Indian Lake or 23 miles (37 km) from Inlet

Inlet, New York

Inlet is a town in Hamilton County, New York in the United States of America. The population was 406 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from its location on an adjacent lake.The Town of Inlet is on the western edge of the county.- History :...

. More campsites are accessible via canoe, around the Flow. It lies on the border between the Moose River Plains Wild Forest

Moose River Plains Wild Forest

The Moose River Plains Wild Forest is a tract in the Adirondack Park in Hamilton and Herkimer counties in New York State; it is designated as Wild Forest by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation...

 and the West Canada Lake Wilderness Area

West Canada Lake Wilderness Area

The West Canada Lake Wilderness Area is an Adirondack Park Forest Preserve management unit in the town of Ohio in Herkimer County and the towns of Morehouse, Arietta, Lake Pleasant and Indian Lake in Hamilton County...

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