These are the Adirondack Mountains of northeastern New York.

I am standing on the point of Button Bay overlooking the Adirondacks. More than forty of the Adirondack Mountains rise above 4,000 feet. The Adirondack Mountains were formed when powerful geologic forces lifted the earth’s crust more than a billion years ago. Glaciers later created most of the lakes in the region including Lake Champlain. Lake Champlain is the lake behind me.