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Wilderness for Sale
At $180,000,000, Camp Deerlands, near Long Lake, has the highest asking price in the Adirondack Park. Of course, aside from the 17-bedroom Great Camp, the listing comes with 36,000 acres of prime Adirondack real estate, including part of the canoe route described by 19th-century sportswriter George Washington Sears, aka Nessmuk.
The tract, known as Whitney Park, was established by William C. Whitney in 1897; the current owner, John Hendrickson, inherited it after the death of his wife, Saratoga Springs socialite Marylou Whitney, in 2019. It contains 22 lakes and more than 100 miles of undeveloped shorelines, according to the environmental group Protect the Adirondacks!, which is advocating for the property’s addition to the Forest Preserve. But first they’ll have to convince Hendrickson, who told the Adirondack Explorer he wants the land…
