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Minerva:
CELEBRATING OUR BICENTENNIAL YEAR: If you’re looking for an authentic Adirondack
experience or a base camp for further exploration, look no further than Minerva. Conveniently
located just minutes from Northway Exit 26, Minerva offers year round amenities and
adventures including Minerva Lake, Donnelly Beach, the Minerva Campgrounds, boating,
fishing, hiking, ice fishing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, biking, birding,
hunting and so much more!
Stay at the Minerva Campgrounds Spring to Fall (518-251-2869), find a room
at one of our local Cottages or B&Bs, or start looking for your next home.
Come for a day, a week or come to stay. You’ll find the essence of the
Adirondacks in Minerva, NY!
www.townofminerva.com • (518) 251-2869
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Minerva
Visitors looking for a classic Adirondack vacation spot need
look no further than the Town of Minerva. Located just minutes
off the Northway in the southern part of Essex County, NY Minerva
has been a favorite year-round destination and base camp
for Adirondack tourist’s since the late 1800’s. In fact, the word
vacation was coined in the late 1800’s to mean people should
vacate the cities and move to the mountains for fresh air and
relaxation - exactly what Minerva offers tourists today.
Founded by Farming families after the Revolutionary War,
Minerva’s economic history includes iron mining, tanning, milling
and logging. Today the focus is on
tourism, recreational boat building and
forest products.
Minerva, which was incorporated in
1817, covers 162 square miles with over
60% of its land in the “forever wild”
ADK Park Preserve.
Visitors to Minerva will find that
Minerva Lake, with its beautiful beach,
playgrounds, pavilions, campground,
bathhouse and food stand serves as the
town hub of summer activities. The
town-wide Minerva Day celebration culminates
with a vibrant fireworks display at Donnelly Beach, and
will take place on Saturday, July 1st. Check the Town website at
www.townofminerva.com for additional details. When the lake
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freezes over each winter, visitors use the lake for ice fishing,
snowmobiling, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
The Hudson and Boreas Rivers flow through Minerva,
providing recreational fishing, whitewater rafting and canoeing
opportunities. Many top-rated hiking trails start and end in
Minerva including hikes for Moxham Mountain, Stony Pond
and Blue Ledges. ADK Park land acquisitions in 2013 added
additional camping, hiking, biking, paddling, snowmobiling
and horseback riding access to lands in northern Minerva which
have not been open to the public for the past 100 years. Birders
and other nature enthusiasts should keep Minerva on their radar
screens for interesting sightings and species.
Families with children enjoy
Minerva Central School’s reputation
for quality education and the Minerva
Youth Program’s summer day camp.
Notable Minerva residents have
included Solomon Northup (12 Years
a Slave) and internationally known
educator Ella Lynch, as well as part
time residents Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(who attended Camp Che-Na-Wah)
and Winslow Homer who stayed at the
North Woods Club while painting most
of his ADK works.
The summer Concerts in the Park series will open its third
season on June 14th with an encore performance by Double Vision,
followed by the vocal stylings of Susan Richards July 12th
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